Kim Davis, you lost. Now Get a Life


After several years of back and forth in the legal system, Kim Davis, the County Clerk in the South who turned down a request by two men for a marriage license, and spent some time in jail, has lost for sure. The Supreme Court will not review a judgement against her.

Davis pilled up big legal bills, maybe they will be paid by the faithful. But she also lost a civil suit to the couple of tens of thousands of dollars and it may be hard for Bible thumpers to pony up money to such sinners.

Let's review this thing. Davis thought (thinks) gay marriage is a sin. The men got their license anyway several years ago and got married. How did this affect Davis or any resident of the county where she lives? Did it unleash a tsunami of sin . Were there floods and tornados that can be called God's punishment? We can safely assume the marriage caused no problem to anyone.

What, then, did Davis' behavior accomplish? No sins were prevented. No souls were saved from hell. Davis, and all who support her, would do well to ponder this

I'm sure most readers of this blog wondered, as I have, is there, will there be, any wall in this Supreme Court, between religion and law? Now we can breathe a little easier because the Court has found something a bridge too far. If only it could see opposition to abortion is a religious matter and keep government out we would make progress there as well.  


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  1. AnonymousNovember 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM

    And how many times has this woman been married?

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    1. Jon LindgrenNovember 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM

      That's a funny aspect to her saga. I remember reading she married divorced and remarried one man and was married to another. Maybe she has some kind of personality dysfunction and that's what drove her to turn down the marriage license thing.

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