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Female members of Kim Davis’ Apostolic cult are reportedly commanded to dress modestly, are forbidden to cut their hair, and must not wear penis-encouraging make-up or jewelry. Gruesome ankle-length denim skirts are apparently the rage. (Pants are from Satan!) Photo by Dominic Holden at Buzzfeed. Congregants from Pioneer Pentecostal Holiness Church in Vanceburg are at the courthouse for #KentuckyClerk. pic.twitter.com/teDMOgu8Q2 …

If you don’t support Kim Davis, you totally deserve to get AIDS and spend eternity writhing in an agonizing lake of fire. Because Jesus loves you so fucking much he’s going to kill you and then torture you until the end of time. As you’ll see in the short clip below, the Davis hearing has brought out some of the …

Todd Starnes (who else?) has the “exclusive” statement from Kim Davis. He writes: Kim Davis could become the first Christian in America jailed as a result of the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage. “I’ve weighed the cost and I’m prepared to go to jail, I sure am,” Mrs. Davis told me in an exclusive interview. “This has never been …

According to Rowan County Attorney Cecil Watkins, the deputy clerks in Kim Davis’ office would issue same-sex marriage licenses, but they’re too afraid of their boss to come forward. Watkins made the claim in an interview with the Kentucky Trial Court Review, which has recapped the not yet published story on their Facebook page. An excerpt: Watkins indicates that Kim …

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports: Kentucky’s top two legislative leaders repeated Wednesday their support for a special legislative session to pass legislation that would both resolve Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ ongoing conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage and to conform state law to that ruling. And one of those leaders, Senate President Robert Stivers, on Wednesday …

A judge in Tennessee has refused to grant a straight couple their requested divorce because all marriage laws are now meaningless due to the Obergefell ruling. Hamilton County Chancellor Jeffrey Atherton denied the divorce petition last week after hearing from seven witnesses and going through 77 exhibits. Among several reasons he cited in rejecting the couple’s divorce, one was the …

According to Focus On The Family spokesman Stuart Shepard, the real reason that activists are so angry at Kim Davis is because they secretly hate themselves. And that internal “pain” will never go away because Jesus. Shepard first came to our attention back in 2008 when Keith Olbermann named him that day’s “worst person in the world” for asking FOTF …

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson, whose work is syndicated to more than 100 newspapers, is bound to get some backlash for yesterday’s panel. You may recall that Fox News went ballistic on Anderson when he was awarded the Pulitzer back in 2005.

“I spoke with Kim Davis this morning to offer my prayers and support. I let her know how proud I am of her for not abandoning her religious convictions and standing strong for religious liberty. She is showing more courage and humility than just about any federal office holder in Washington. Kim is asking the perfect question: ‘Under what law …

Here is today’s nonsense via Equality Case Files: Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b), Local Rule 7.1, and Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 8(a)(1), Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff Kim Davis (“Davis”), by and through her undersigned counsel, hereby moves for this Court to enter an injunction pending appeal of this Court’s August 25, 2015 order (D.E. 58), which is the …

Human Rights Campaign head Chad Griffin predicts a bad day for Kim Davis tomorrow.

More than a few states have been forced to fork over giant piles of dough to pay the lawyers for the good guys, but THIS one might be the sweetest of all. AL.com reports: Attorneys that represented the lesbian couple that successfully sued to overturn Alabama’s same-sex marriage ban are asking the state to reimburse them for nearly $200,000 in …

“Many have commented on the fact that Davis herself has been divorced several times. As a strategic matter, this makes her a rather poor poster child for ‘traditional Christian marriage’: Jesus himself treats divorce and remarriage as akin to adultery. But the point is not merely ad hominem: Davis’s willingness to impose a standard of marriage on gays that she …

The Liberty Counsel has issued a statement from Kim Davis. It reads in full: “I have worked in the Rowan County Clerk’s office for 27 years as a Deputy Clerk and was honored to be elected as the Clerk in November 2014, and took office in January 2015. I love my job and the people of Rowan County. I have …

The ACLU has filed a federal motion asking that Kim Davis be cited for contempt of court. The motion declares that the ACLU is not seeking to have Davis arrested. From the motion: Plaintiffs have established a prima facia case, in that they have shown by sufficient evidence that Defendant Davis, in refusing to grant Plaintiffs Miller and Roberts a …

The Associated Press reports: The husband of a Kentucky county clerk who’s refusing to issue gay marriage licenses despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling says his wife is committed to her faith and is “standing for God.” Joe Davis arrived at the Rowan County courthouse Tuesday morning to check on his wife, clerk Kim Davis, shortly after she again denied …

Via the Washington Post: The office of Kim Davis, the elected clerk of Kentucky’s Rowan County, rejected requests for marriage licences from the first two same-sex couples to enter the courthouse Tuesday — just hours after the Supreme Court ruled against a request from Davis to be excused from issuing such licenses. Davis did not make an appearance at the …

From the HRC: “Ms. Davis’ choices are clear: she must either choose to follow the law or resign her public position. A public official’s personal religious opinion does not give her the privilege to trample over the rights of others. Freedom of religion is important, and Ms. Davis has the fundamental right to believe what she likes. But as a …

The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, and the clerk will arrive at work Tuesday morning to face her moment of truth. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will have to choose whether to issue marriage licenses, defying her Christian conviction, or continue to refuse …

After being turned away for a marriage license for the third time last week, a Kentucky gay couple has sued Rowan County and clerk Kim Davis in federal court. Davis is already being sued by the ACLU. Via Lexington’s CBS affiliate: The lawsuit was filed Aug. 25 in U.S. District Court by William Smith Jr. and James Yates, but a summons …