Now It's the Governor's Fault

The Kim Davis comedy just keeps getting stranger. In today's press release, Liberty Counsel blames Kentucky Governor Beshear for their client's incarceration.

 “From the outset of this case, Kim Davis has proposed numerous simple options to protect her sincerely-held religious beliefs. These less-restrictive solutions are readily available, and easily accomplished by the Governor and the state agency responsible for designing the revised marriage form at issue in this litigation. The Governor’s refusal to take elementary steps to protect religious liberties has now landed Kim Davis in jail. As a prisoner of her conscience, Davis continues to request a simple accommodation and exemption from the Governor.”

Maybe Liberty Counsel Will Take Up This Cause

A Muslim flight attendant wants the airline to accommodate her religious prohibitions against alcohol. 

And the Irony Continues

Liberty Counsel wants you to know incarcerated Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis doesn't have a Twitter account and that a "letter" associated with that account is a fake.  OK, sure, I guess the use of fake social media accounts to comment on public issues could be news to the 5 or 6 people in America unfamiliar with social media. Asking for that account to be shut down seems a bit rich coming from a legal firm that touts its dedication to free speech and exercise of religion, but again, there's enough constitutional latitude to accommodate that degree of duplicity.

But when the Liberty Counsel guys put this out there in their press release, it's over the top. After all, Ms Davis is currently in jail because she judged the what she imagines to be sinful behavior taking place in the privacy of a couple's bedroom.

We ask that the media and the public respect the privacy of Kim’s family and church. 

Asking for special consideration for Ms Davis does seem to be the common thread running through this soap opera.  

In Which Liberty Counsel Compares Kim Davis to Martin Luther King

Liberty Counsel has a new press release that compares Kim Davis to actual civil rights leaders, like Martin Luther King, Jr.

 Because, I guess, being jailed while peacefully demonstrating for the extension of civil rights to a minority is identical to being jailed for refusing to do your sworn duty mostly because you're a terrible theologian.

 Kim joins a long list of people who were imprisoned for their conscience. People who today we admire like Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Jan Huss, John Bunyan, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and more.