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KY Deputy Clerk will issue licenses, won't stop for boss

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  1. bois darc chunk

    bois darc chunk Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Deputy Rowan County Clerk, Brian Mason, will continue to issue marriage licenses when Kim Davis comes back to work. He says he will continue to issue them, even if his boss, Kim Davis, tells him to stop.

    So what happens if she fires him for insubordination?

    http://time.com/4026295/kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-deputy/
     
    bois darc chunk, Sep 11, 2015
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  2. ARDY

    ARDY Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Probably a law suit

    This is all costing this county money
    Even if people agree with her
    I wonder if she is going to lose political support
     
    ARDY, Sep 11, 2015
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    Oldyoungin Well-Known Member

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    Wonder why she hasnt been fired for not doing her job.

    Eye of the tiger? LOL wtf...


    [video=youtube;KBR_DlgJWBw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBR_DlgJWBw[/video]
     
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  4. bois darc chunk

    bois darc chunk Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Just putting on a Rowan County taxpayer's shoes and walking for a second, I sure wouldn't be happy about it. I'm not sure how far away the next election is though. Out of sight, out of mind, might come into play before then.
     
    bois darc chunk, Sep 11, 2015
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    If she tells him to stop, she goes back to jail.
     
    toddwv, Sep 11, 2015
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    She's an elected official. She can't be fired, only impeached.
     
    DavidMK, Sep 11, 2015
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    Nothing prevents her from firing anyone on staff nor was she ordered not to do so. Personally, an employee stating they will defy their boss is grounds for discharge on its face. The federal judge neither ordered nor authorized the employees to issue marriage licenses and firing them would not be a violation of the order of the court, other than the judge doesn't care about due process or law.

    She just couldn't try to stop unauthorized persons from issuing marriage licenses to not violate his order. Firing them doesn't stop them from issuing licenses, which they are doing with no authority to do so anyway. She could even provide a chair and table in the hallway for discharged employees to continue to issue marriage licenses under their non-legal authority. Even the judge said he didn't know if the licenses they were issuing were valid.
     
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    JakeJ Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Firing him wouldn't be telling him to stop. It would be firing him. He could stand or sit in the hallway handing out marriage licenses.
     
    JakeJ, Sep 11, 2015
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    JakeJ Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    She would have to switch from being a Democrat to a Republican. Many Democrats agree that a judge is greater than God and that everyone should swear to this under oath.
     
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    bois darc chunk Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    http://www.kentucky.com/2015/09/03/4018514/federal-judge-jails-rowan-county.html
     
    bois darc chunk, Sep 11, 2015
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    Granny thinks he looks like Mr. Burns, Homer's boss on the Simpsons...
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    Family Foundation: KY Governor Real ‘Culprit’ in Gay Marriage License Controversy
    September 23, 2015 | The media’s focus is on Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is the one at fault for not accommodating her religious beliefs as he is required to do under state law, says Kent Ostrander, executive director of The Family Foundation of Kentucky.
    See also:

    Kentucky clerk could head back to court over licenses
    September 22, 2015 | She's already spent five days in jail, and now a Kentucky clerk could be back in court soon for altering marriage license forms issued to same-sex couples.
     
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    Are you saying that Republicans do not have to follow our system of laws or accept those parts of the Constitution that they do not Morally agree with?
     
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    Yea, saw that on the local news...
    :cool:
    Attorney: Kentucky clerk Kim Davis met with pope
    September 29, 2015, Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, met with Pope Francis last week during his visit to the U.S., Davis' attorney Mat Staver told CBS News.
     
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    Granny says, "Dats' right - don't plan on him apologizin' to Sodom an' Gomorrah...
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    Will God Judge America or Apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah?
    10/1/2015 - All one has to do is glance at a news site to see the moral decay. Abortion. Gay marriage. War. Greed.
     
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    Since her name no longer appears on the license she doesn't care.
     
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    After takin' on the Dems an' whuppin' dem, now he gonna whup up onna Supremes...
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    Amid Kim Davis Backlash, Kentucky Gov.-Elect Matt Bevin To Remove Clerks' Names From State Marriage Licenses
    November 06 2015 - Republican Kentucky Gov.-elect Matt Bevin said he plans to sign an executive order removing county clerks' names from state marriage licenses in the hope of avoiding more controversies like the one that arose a few months ago when Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Reuters reported. Bevin will be sworn in to office Dec. 8.
     
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    Governor Bevin issues state executive order...
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    Governor removes clerks’ names from marriage licenses
    Thu, Dec 24, 2015 - ‘WONDERFUL GIFT’: Kim Davis’ lawyer said the Kentucky official’s order saved the county clerk from having to choose between her faith and job
     
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    By all means let them get married, this way they can also enjoy the joys of divorce. Someday 20 years from now, they will curse the day they were able to marry legally!
     
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