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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Sun Sep 6, 2015, 07:28 PM Sep 2015

WT effing F??? "Kim is someone like Martin Luther King, Jr."

http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/09/06/lawyer-jailed-kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-she-has-no-regrets-she-will-not-violate-her

The attorney who represents Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, said on "Fox and Friends Weekend" this morning that his client has no regrets about standing up for her religious beliefs.

Mat Staver said that Davis is very content despite having been jailed for four days, telling him "all is well" during their meeting.

"She is content where she is. She has no regrets. And one thing she will not do is she will not violate her conscience," Staver stated.

"Frankly, Kim is someone like Martin Luther King, Jr. in the sense that he was willing to pay the consequences for his decision and his conscience," Staver said. "And, in that respect, Kim is also in that long line of individuals who are willing to pay the consequence for a conscious decision regarding their conscience and their religious decisions."

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WT effing F??? "Kim is someone like Martin Luther King, Jr." (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2015 OP

This guy is so assbackwards. mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #1

Yep. Denying people rights is just what the Rev. King was all about! WinkyDink Sep 2015 #2

Were his education broader, he'd know the reference he wants to make is to Henry David Thoreau. . . Journeyman Sep 2015 #3

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)

1. This guy is so assbackwards.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 07:34 PM

Sep 2015

MLK, Jr. stood for INCLUSION, for NON-DISCRIMINATION, for INTEGRATION, for equal treatment of
people under the law regardless of their race or color.

This woman just wants to throw her weight around as an agent of government to PREVENT
people from exercising their civil rights.

If anybody could get him to shut up long enough, I'm sure the point could be made to his face.
I watched that Chris Hayes interview of him Friday night--and the guy is insufferable. Domineering,
rude asshole.

http://www.towleroad.com/2015/09/chris-hayes-mat-staver-kim-davis/

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

2. Yep. Denying people rights is just what the Rev. King was all about!

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 07:47 PM

Sep 2015

Journeyman

(15,036 posts)

3. Were his education broader, he'd know the reference he wants to make is to Henry David Thoreau. . .

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 08:12 PM

Sep 2015

from whom Ghandi and Martin Luther King drew their inspiration for their tactic of civil resistance.

And were Staver better versed in Thoreau's precepts, he'd recognize that despite her willingness to pay the consequences for her conscience, to affect change Ms Davis will need to convince enough people to join with her that they can effectively clog the machinery of governance, and thereby influence the larger society by forcing it to recognize their demands.

As Ms Davis has little hope or expectation of gaining such widespread support, she remains what she was when she entered her cell last week -- a low level functionary who refuses to follow the directives of her employer. Nothing more.

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