# Fuck you, Rowan County (KY) Clerk Kim Davis **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 13, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757 "2015-08-13T18:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 73
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1441 "2015-09-24T07:03:39Z")
Ah. I think I remember. The judge told the deputies no shenanigans. Quite a legal decree. :rolleyes: Ms. Davis did not get any such order I guess. The judge did fuck up, and she should still simply still be in jail. Or gone back as soon as she modified the licenses. Bunning has the spine of a warm piece of cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1442 "2015-09-24T11:31:24Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Ah. I think I remember. The judge told the deputies no shenanigans. Quite a legal decree. :rolleyes: > > **Ms. Davis did not get any such order I guess**. The judge did fuck up, and she should still simply still be in jail. Or gone back as soon as she modified the licenses. Bunning has the spine of a warm piece of cheese. Mrs. Davis was indeed informed that she should stay out of the way of her deputies in regards to the issuance of marriage licenses; she simply has chosen not to. Other than that, you’ve summed things up well, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1443 "2015-09-24T22:24:14Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Are there other crimes out there where you feel, if the person commits them often enough, we should just stop prosecuting them for it? Conspiracy. If you are constantly conspiring, well, maybe you’re just the conspiring type, no harm intended. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1444 "2015-09-25T00:37:19Z")
[QUOTE=[http://www.lex18.com/story/30111930/kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-blames-governor-for-legal-woes](http://www.lex18.com/story/30111930/kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-blames-governor-for-legal-woes)] **Kentucky clerk Kim Davis blames governor for legal woes** LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, hauled to jail for defying a series of federal court orders and refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, filed a 40-page court document Thursday, blaming Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear for all of her legal woes. The day the Supreme Court effectively legalized gay marriage in June, Beshear sent a letter to the state’s 120 county clerks directing them to issue licenses. Davis on Thursday complained that in doing so he “commandeered” county clerk’s offices and “usurped control of Kentucky marriage law.” \ Beshear has asked a judge to dismiss the suit. [/QUOTE] The crazy runs deep with this one - I need to find the filing itself to see just how crazy it gets. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1445 "2015-09-25T03:30:03Z")
I think the underlying problem might be her deep seated hatred for trees. If anyone does find her court filings, please post a link. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1446 "2015-09-25T05:20:08Z")
Because of your deep-seated hatred for us, right? ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1447 "2015-09-25T18:18:13Z")
Looks like a proud day for the Republican Party. > **[Kentucky clerk Kim Davis switches to Republican Party](https://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-switches-to-republican-party/)** > > A county clerk in Kentucky who was briefly jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said on Friday that she and her family have switched to the Republican Party because the Democrats no longer represented them.Rowan County Clerk... ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1448 "2015-09-25T19:31:37Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > Looks like a proud day for the Republican Party. > > [Kentucky clerk Kim Davis switches to Republican Party - Raw Story](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-switches-to-republican-party/) I just saw that and was coming to tack it on to the thread. No! Go away! We’ve already met our quota with Palin and Taitz. Shoo! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1449 "2015-09-25T20:13:37Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I just saw that and was coming to tack it on to the thread. > > No! Go away! We’ve already met our quota with Palin and Taitz. > > Shoo! Cometothedarksidewehave[del]cookies[/del]sanity. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1450 "2015-09-26T18:21:23Z")
Her becoming a Republican is a good thing as it raises the average IQ of both parties. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1451 "2015-09-26T22:06:47Z")
She ought to run for Congress then - her extensive experience in refusing to do her job would probably qualify her for a leadership position in the House. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1452 "2015-09-27T02:32:34Z")
[Give it up for La Strega!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytJKFn0oXw) Very well done. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1453 "2015-09-27T02:42:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Give it up for La Strega!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytJKFn0oXw) Very well done. That totally fucking rocked! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1454 "2015-09-27T13:42:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Give it up for La Strega!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BytJKFn0oXw) Very well done. That was a little loud for a Sunday morning, but thumbs-up worthy anyway. “If I could see that love is love no matter what the sexes are And understand that gays are just like me and my three exes are…” Good stuff ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1455 "2015-09-30T03:39:46Z")
Her lawyer now [reports](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/29/kim-davis-lawyer-says-she-met-pope/73062774/) that she has met with the Pope. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1456 "2015-09-30T03:50:50Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Her lawyer now [reports](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/29/kim-davis-lawyer-says-she-met-pope/73062774/) that she has met with the Pope. And we believe them because they were so truthful about [this rally in Peru.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/28/3706199/kim-davis-prayer-rally-peru/) Never mind, [we lied.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/29/3706790/liberty-counsel-kim-davis-retraction/) Secret meeting with the Pope my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1457 "2015-09-30T04:08:51Z")
Yeahhhhhhhhh not buying it. If the Vatican or the Apostolic Nunciature or Archbishop Viganò confirms the visit, I’ll post “Well I’ll be damned.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1458 "2015-09-30T04:44:08Z")
Wow, the Pope sure loves his [secret meetings.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3252066/Pope-holds-secret-meeting-Delaware-family-paralyzed-poisoned-pesticide-Caribbean-vacation-six-months-ago.html) Of course, this is The Daily Mail, so grain of salt. A really big one. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1459 "2015-09-30T05:05:03Z")
Kim Davis and Pope Francis were in the closet making babies, and I saw one of the babies, and then the baby looked at me. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757/1460 "2015-09-30T05:50:48Z")
The AP has a brief story up about the alleged meeting with Mrs. Davis; the story features this bit of information:[ > [@](#): > > Pope Francis did not focus on the divisive debate over same-sex marriage during his visit last week. **As he left the country, he told reporters who inquired that he did not know Davis’ case in detail** , but he defended conscientious objection as a human right. > > “It is a right. And if a person does not allow others to be a conscientious objector, he denies a right,” Francis said. ]([http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ba1e3e4e12184dd3a5c924c5499a4c06/clerk-who-rejected-licenses-gays-says-she-met-pope](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ba1e3e4e12184dd3a5c924c5499a4c06/clerk-who-rejected-licenses-gays-says-she-met-pope))(bolding mine) So we are supposed to believe that although he doesn’t know Mrs. Davis’s case in detail, _Pope Francis_ contacted _her_, sent a car to pick her up, told her to “stay strong”, both embraced and hugged her (quoting her “lawyer” here, bear with me), and gave her two sets of rosary beads that he had blessed? Seriously? :dubious: Well, that’s what her “lawyer” said:[ > [@](#): > > The Vatican reached out to Davis through other parties who then put the Vatican in touch with Staver, the lawyer said. > > Staver said he was there when a car picked up the Davises to take them to the embassy. The couple was at the embassy for two hours but the actual visit with the pope lasted 15 minutes, Staver said. > > “He held out his hands and he asked Kim to pray,” Staver said. “He thanked her for her courage. He said these words, ‘Stay strong,’ and they embraced and hugged.” > > The pope spoke in English during the meeting, Staver said. > > The pontiff also gave Davis two rosaries that he personally blessed, according to Staver. ]([Kim Davis' lawyer says she met with pope](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/29/kim-davis-lawyer-says-she-met-pope/73062774/))Oh yeah, that all seems likely to have happened. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-rowan-county-ky-clerk-kim-davis/727757.md?page=74)