Christian Taliban celebrate Kim Davis

I personally don't believe in gay marriage. At least not for me personally.

However, I'm all for gay folks having the freedom to marry other gay folks. I just don't see the problem. And if there is in fact a problem where I don't happen to see one, I for one am gonna let the Lord be the judge.

And I don't want to be too harsh on Kim Davis. Surely there were options here that didn't involve slapping her in the slammer.

Maybe Betsy, the liberal at the next wicket in the government office where Kim works, could have been summoned...

Kim: Betsy honey, would you mind?... I got a pair of poofers here want a marriage licence... and I just don't feel right with the Lord....

Betsy: Oh honey, you go and take your break. Let me look after this!

Problem solved!

No national headlines.

No jail for Kim.

Move along folks, nothing to see here...

Instead, the whole non-issue went another way.

Now you've got the unseemly spectacle of Ted and Mike fighting over the Kim Davis endorsement.

And you've got your Christian Jihadis proclaiming that they don't need to heed the Supreme Court when they've got the Supreme Being on their side...

Ya right!

Get outta here!..

When your conscience doesn't allow you to do your job, you need to get a new conscience or a new job

I see where Rowan County clerk Kim Davis is maxing out her 15 minutes of fame with her principled stand against gay marriage.

That's all hunky-dory, but what the extreme right fundy set is doing here is creating an icon out of someone who should just be ignored.

I'm a principled pacifist, but my gig at Saint John Shipbuilding, building warships for the Royal Canadian Navy, was one of the best I ever had.

Those frigates were gonna get built whether I got a paycheque out of it or not. Just like same-sex couples in Kentucky are gonna get hitched whether Kim Davis approves or not.

Kim, I respect your stand on principal. At the same time, if it's all that important to you, you need to do the right thing and fall on your sword. By which I mean, quit your job.

Being a public servant doesn't entitle you to grandstand on behalf of archaic religious beliefs.