But Roscoe! She found Jesus! She embraced the light of the Lord, who wiped her sin slate clean! She's all good to go now!
Laurie Metcalf is so gonna win the Tony this year for playing her.
Justice Scalia explains why Davis has no case
[I]n my view the choice for the judge who believes the death penalty to be immoral is resignation, rather than simply ignoring duly enacted, constitutional laws and sabotaging death penalty cases. He has, after all, taken an oath to apply the laws and has been given no power to supplant them with rules of his own. Of course if he feels strongly enough he can go beyond mere resignation and lead a political campaign to abolish the death penalty”and if that fails, lead a revolution. But rewrite the laws he cannot do.
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Dear God -- Scalia makes sense! WTF?
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He has, after all, taken an oath to apply the laws and has been given no power to supplant them with rules of his own.
Exactly! This is what I have been saying. When you are elected in any position, including county clerk, you take an oath that you shall abide by the federal laws. Those laws now include recognizing same-sex marriage. It's really not a difficult concept to grasp. No different than an employee who breaches their employment contract/agreement. I cannot believe it has gone on this long.
Updated On: 9/2/15 at 10:47 AMThat Scalia comment is from 2002- who knows how he would feel about this particular topic today?
Wow. That's got hurt that stupid bitch when even Scalia tells her to man up.
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Oh right, that was back in 2002 -- no doubt Scalia would do a total about face because gays.
I didn't notice the date either, but I assumed it wasn't specifically in regards to the Davis issue.
But even though the Justices may change their views on various issues the logic that he applies here is still sound.
Oh yeah, it's a totally sound (and also the valid in accordance to the law) argument.
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Yeah, but let's not forget that Scalia's a bigot, and bigotry negates sound arguments.
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Okay. So, by that logic, we should ignore that he ever said that. Guess you should delete it, Taz! That's too bad.
I just saw on MSNBC that 2 or 3 other clerks in davis' office are refusing to do marriage licenses too. (See...stupidity is contagious!) Either that or they are 'afeared fer their jobs since she's the boss.
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They're not frightened. We're setting them up for life. They'll be kickstarted, they'll be gofunded... we keep doing this and they keep seeing how lucrative it is and yet we focus on nothing but people like this.
Well, if they are found guilty of a crime, no Kickstarter for them. I believe they now have a rule for that for reasons like this.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
We'll see boys.
The crazy christians will find a way to get her money.
Yes they will and I think Dan Savage hit the nail precisely on the head with his rant. Book deals, speaking engagements, tours, just like she won American Idol.
We are guilty of making these ass holes Super Stars.
The big day is here! Let's see if the wicked witch melts when she gets her bucket of water today?
papalovesmambo has unearthed the fact that Davis is an elected DEMOCRAT. I don't know if she has changed parties since finding salvation, but she has never changed it on paper. Needless to say, papa may be hospitalized for ripping something while laughing.
We have our crazys as well. More the exception then the rule.
It probably has more to do with the fact that her mother was a democrat so when Kim ran for office there was already republican challenger.
Btw, apparently the election was thisclose. Davis barely beat her competitor.
I'm not expecting much of a change after today. This is going to drag on. Her lawyers are part of an organization fighting for so called "religious freedom". They're considered vehemently anti-gay.
She'll be fined. Supporters will pay and round and round it goes.
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Let's hope the judge levies a fine on her and orders her to turn over all money donated to her as well.
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