Kim Davis' attorney now spouting off

[HassleCat]

From an AP article by Adam Beam

The attorney for Kim Davis is now claiming the marriage licenses issued while she was in the clink are not valid. This is an interesting situation, not just because it’s a civil right battle, but because it shows how things operate in small town America. Davis has six deputy clerks and all but one agreed to issue marriage licenses. The one deputy clerk who insisted on supporting Davis is her son. That’s right. Her son works for her as a deputy.

The attorney says the legislature should change the law so marriage licenses are not issued under the authority of the county clerk, to protect the “religious liberties” of county clerks who believe some obscure passage from Leviticus overrides their obligations as public servants.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jailed-clerks-attorney-marriage-licenses-are-void/ar-AAdWizc?ocid=iehp

[MiniMe]

1. For a person who was married 4 times, she sure is stretching her religious liberties

a little too far

[still_one]

2. How a public official trying to impose her religious beliefs on the public?

[lpbk2713]

3. He's making abundant use of all the camera time he is getting.

I wouldn't be surprised if he is working for free just so that he can get the exposure.
Davis might find out too late that defending her was not the top item on his list.

[hifiguy]

4. If this country could only turn its limitless natural reserves of stupidity

into clean energy, we would have enough to last 100,000 years and warp drive by Festivus 2016.

[Archae]

5. The guy named Davis in her office is not her son.

They are no relation.

[HassleCat]

7. Here's the passage rom the article

"After ordering her to jail, the judge told her six deputy clerks that they too faced potential fines or jail time if they similarly refuse. All but one — the clerk's son, Nathan Davis — agreed to end her church-state standoff."

I tend to think that is correct, because Nathan Davis could be expected to stick up for his mommy, where he would probably not stick his neck out for someone who merely shared his last name.

[dsc]

9. you are thinking of a different Davis

you are thinking of the Davis who is the county clerk of a different Kentucky county who is, indeed, no relation of hers.

[JoePhilly]

6. Well ... its not like a GOP legislature would have anything real to do.

[monmouth4]

8. Labor Day weekend in jail. I do like it...n/t

[SummerSnow]

10. "but because it shows how things operate in small town America"

Is he for real, that's the excuse?