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Archae

(46,344 posts)
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 01:40 PM Aug 2015

Kentucky clerk thinks he's a "minister..."

What an asshole.
No, stupid, it's your JOB to follow the LAW!

Kentucky Clerk: It's My Job To Tell Gays They're Going To Hell

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Wednesday, 8/26/2015 1:20 pm

As we reported, local Kentucky official Casey Davis said in a radio interview earlier this week that he will defy a court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples even “if it takes my life.” The Casey County clerk also told West Virginia radio host Tom Roten on Monday that he believes that, as a Christian, he should be exempt from performing such job duties because his religion requires him to not only oppose same-sex marriage but also to tell gay people that they are going to Hell unless they repent and get washed in “the blood of Jesus Christ.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/kentucky-clerk-its-my-job-tell-gays-theyre-going-hell#sthash.znjtz3UY.dpuf

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Kentucky clerk thinks he's a "minister..." (Original Post) Archae Aug 2015 OP
This idiot needs to find another job Gothmog Aug 2015 #1
xtians are always trying to wash someone in blood.... mike_c Aug 2015 #2
Not that I hope it happens, but Thor_MN Aug 2015 #3
"You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands"; A HERETIC I AM Aug 2015 #10
I think his mother is Kim Davis justamama83 Aug 2015 #4
Actually, he's no relation. Archae Aug 2015 #8
You are correct - my mistake justamama83 Aug 2015 #13
He's a clerk sharp_stick Aug 2015 #5
His god sounds terrible. DirkGently Aug 2015 #6
His god IS terrible. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2015 #11
another idiot using his beliefs to justify his bigotry Angry Dragon Aug 2015 #7
If these clerks had real principles rusty fender Aug 2015 #9
It's time he quit his secular job and concentrate on his "ministry" csziggy Aug 2015 #12
i would like to wash him with the blood of the beet. fuckhead. JanMichael Aug 2015 #14
 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
3. Not that I hope it happens, but
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 02:02 PM
Aug 2015

It makes me think of a movie where an alien says, your offer is acceptable, in response to you can have my gun when you take take it from my cold dead hand.

justamama83

(87 posts)
4. I think his mother is Kim Davis
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 02:08 PM
Aug 2015

the one with the lawsuit against her for not issuing marriage licenses. I remember reading her son was an assistant clerk- I bet this is him.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
5. He's a clerk
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 02:08 PM
Aug 2015

His only job is to process forms.

I have no idea where these morons get the idea that they have any kind of power to do anything. He's not performing a marriage, he's pushing the paper.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
6. His god sounds terrible.
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 02:12 PM
Aug 2015

If you're worshiping a being you believe wants people abused and punished for being themselves, either your god is not worth your support, or you're not understanding what she's saying.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)
11. His god IS terrible.
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 04:23 PM
Aug 2015

Not just terrible, but unworthy of respect, much less worship.

It is a long held belief by some Christians that they will be able to observe the torment of the naughty from heavenly box seats.

This is, of course, the best way to serve up that bullshit. After all, what is the point of telling someone they will experience unimaginable torment for all eternity if you don't get to watch it and yell "SEE?!? I TOLD YOU SO!!"

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
7. another idiot using his beliefs to justify his bigotry
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 02:46 PM
Aug 2015

In the article he is claiming his Christianity is under attack

 

rusty fender

(3,428 posts)
9. If these clerks had real principles
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 04:10 PM
Aug 2015

they would resign from their jobs in protest. Their motivation is hate and publicity for their hatred.

csziggy

(34,137 posts)
12. It's time he quit his secular job and concentrate on his "ministry"
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 05:39 PM
Aug 2015

If he believes this stuff so strongly then his "God" will take care of him as he deserves. If that means he starves to death for lack of a paying job, then it is his "god's" will.

But he should not expect the tax payers to support him in his bigotry.

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