“cannot use her own constitutional rights as a shield to violate the constitutional rights of others while performing her duties as an elected official”.
"It's my right to deny your rights."
Remeber these are the people shouting about religious freedoms.
They literally believe the very existence of gay married couples is an assault on their religious freedom. The unchecked "religious freedom" they want logically would include bigamy and pedophilia, but better not talk about that.
Evangelicals and conservatives want to be protected by American laws but not bound by them, while everyone else is tightly bound by laws, but not protected by them.
Rob Corddry did a Daily Show interview way back about the pharmacist and birth control (the abortion pill). The pharmacist kept saying about his right were being violated when the courts said he had to go against his beliefs. Rob sarcastically says (I'm paraphrasing), "yeah, how can they push their beliefs on you! that's your job to do the customer!"
For conservatives “religious freedom” means their freedom to impose their religion on you.
That sounds like a whole new take on “but but you’re being intolerant of intolerant people!”
They are different manifestations of the central “I get to be an asshole if I want but you can’t do anything about it”
Everyone has the right to follow their religion. If Big Kim didn't want to disobey her God, she is allowed to: by resigning her position in protest and joining a monastery.
I believe "Get thee to a nunnery." might be appropriate.
So judge David B ruled Kim Davis had to pay David E and David M 50k each. .
I was not aware there were so many Dave's involved.
These are the Daves that I know I know, these are the Daves I know. Some of them go by David but most of them just go by Dave. They all have different hands but come from different moms
I have this song on my phone so I can listen to it whenever I please!
Dave’s not here…
Eight year legal battle and a payout you'll never see. Seems fair.
Good, fuck her, cunt.
On another topic, while I'm straight, if I were gay, I don't think I'm prepared to date, let alone marry, someone with the same first name as me. Being gay is perfectly normal, marrying someone with the same first name as you isn't. No judgement though, just don't think I'm cut out for it.
New head-cannon for the Bobs in office space.
I dated a guy with the same name as me once, just went by my middle name while we were together.
That makes sense. You're made of sterner stuff than I am though, I wouldn't be able to hack it.
Wait what is this . did Kim marry Kim?
I've said it before, if your religion is preventing you form doing your job, either change you religion or change your job.
She's going to start a GoFundMe and get like $500k and walk away wealthy. I hate how fucked up our society is.
Be a joke; go broke
I don’t understand why one couple got $100,000, while the other couple got nothing. I wish the article had expanded on that a bit more.
I was wondering myself as well so I got you.
Basically what happened was that these were technically two separate cases with two separate jury pools to decide the amount for damages.
One jury pool came to the decision that there were damages and awarded $50k to each individual in couple 1 (totaling $100k) while the other jury pool independently decided that no damages should be awarded based on the same evidence.
Keep in mind that this region is generally pretty hostile towards LGBTQ+ people. The judge had the option to overrule a jury if they find that the decision doesn’t match the evidence in the case.
The lawyer of this lady is actually hoping for that in the case that lead to a $100k damages award as per the quote below.
“Two juries heard the same evidence and the same arguments, and only one jury returned a verdict that was based on the facts and the evidence presented at trial,” Daniel Schmid, senior litigation counsel for Liberty Counsel and one of Davis’ attorneys, told CNN via email. “In the Yates case, the jury returned a verdict of $0.00 because that is what the evidence required.”
“Without any evidentiary support, the Ermold jury reached a verdict of $50,000 for each plaintiff. The evidence presented at trial simply does not support that verdict, and Ms. Davis will be filing a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict next week,” Schmid said. “Ms. Davis trusts that the courts reviewing the evidence presented will see that the Ermold verdict lacks any evidentiary support and will agree with the Yates jury that the plaintiffs are entitled to no damages whatsoever.”
Thoughts and prayers.
aaaaahahahahahahaha that bitch can get fucked for all hundred k of it.
Finally some good news. Still amazed it's taken this long to get a resolution
US district judge David Bunning said that Davis “cannot use her own constitutional rights as a shield to violate the constitutional rights of others while performing her duties as an elected official”.
[…]
During this week’s trial, Davis argued that she was protected from litigation due to qualified immunity, a doctrine that protects government officials from lawsuits accusing them of violating someone’s constitutional rights.
"I shouldn't have to do this thing because of my beliefs."
"I shouldn't be guilty because I was acting on behalf of the government."
Pretty big valley between these two arguments. Roast this fucking turd.
"Good Christian" Adulterer Kim Davis conceived twins with her lover while married to another man.
“If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death” (Leviticus 20:10)
Yet another example of an evangelical conservative expecting to be protected by laws but not bound by them, while everyone else is to be bound by laws but not protected by them.
Davis went far out of her way to screw over some people. Bigotry has costs.
For abusing authority she doesn't have. Save up Kim,
No way this red has that money
Uplifting news!
GAAAAH!!! MY EYES!!! I'd forgotten how ugly that woman is, inside and out!
Does she still wear her homemade birth control dresses?
🦀🦀🦀
She might have to sell one of her Trump-rally powerboats or something
Sucks to suck
Nelson: "Ha ha!"
Is this Kyle Rittenhouses wife?
Fucked around…
FAFO
I guess no immunity for her?
Should been police!
You're looking at it the wrong way. This is like a cop seeking QI for letting an escaped convict go. Doing the opposite of their "job".
She looks like a gross pig
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