Kim Davis’ quiet dedication and faith catapulted her onto the world stage and won the restoration of religious accommodation rights for all Kentucky public officials. But two LGBTQ activists are wanting to shame and bankrupt this gentle woman during her retirement years.

Despite federal and Kentucky state law protecting the religious faithful from being forced to violate the tenets of their faith, Kim is being punished for having exercised her legal RIGHT to religious accommodation.

The same judge who sent Kim to prison for six days back in 2015 has entered a judgment of 360,000 dollars against Kim for daring to exercise her RIGHT to religious accommodation.

Liberty Counsel is appealing the judge’s ruling to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and from there to the U.S. Supreme Court where this case may overturn the Obergefell same sex “marriage” mess created by five lawyers.

Our representation of Kim begs that question — if a person can be civilly sued for exercising their religious freedom rights, are those still rights? The implications of this case are far-reaching. Read on. — Mat

In a 2020 response to a Liberty Counsel filing, Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wrote, “This petition implicates important questions about the scope of our decision in Obergefell.”

“Since Obergefell,” Justice Thomas continued, “parties have continually attempted to label people of good will as bigots merely for refusing to alter their religious beliefs in the wake of prevailing orthodoxy.”

This is exactly what happened to Kim Davis. And now her case may wind up at the U.S. Supreme Court, where the High Court will decide if Christians can be civilly sued for exercising their lawful religious accommodation rights. This is the only case in the country that can bring a direct challenge to Obergefell and restore the Constitution.

After five lawyers issued their opinion, Justice Thomas wrote in 2020 that Kim Davis became “one of the first victims of this Court’s cavalier treatment of religion in its Obergefell decision, but she will not be the last.” Thomas has given an open invitation to challenge Obergefell.

As Kim followed the proper legal procedures to claim her legal right to religious accommodation, plaintiffs David Ermold and his boyfriend traveled to Kim’s office multiple times to harass and humiliate her.

The two men refused to get their marriage license from any of the seven nearby Clerks’ offices. Instead, the two men kept driving to Kim’s office, insisting the soft-spoken Christian woman forfeit her rights. They filmed every encounter of their harassment, posting the videos to social media, and gaining internet “fame” for painting Kim as a bigot.

As this was going on, Judge David Bunning threw Kim in jail for six days as punishment for not violating her religious principles.

Furious over Kim’s plight and Bunning’s punishment, the Kentucky legislature passed a state law protecting the religious accommodation rights of every KY County Clerk and public official.

That SHOULD have been the end of the story. But David Ermold and his boyfriend sought another way to try to punish Kim.

“I hate that word accommodation,” plaintiff David Ermold told reporters, referring to the religious accommodation rights Kim Davis claimed to avoid violating the tenets of her faith in the performance of her job duties.

David and his lover SUED Kim in civil court for daring to exercise her federal and state guaranteed rights. When she refused to deny the commands of the Lord who radically transformed this once-broken woman, Judge Bunning sent Kim to prison. This one event catapulted Kim’s image around the world.

Judge Bunning has now handed down a judgment of 360,000 dollars against Kim. This includes a 100,000-dollar windfall gift to Ermold and his lover for “hurt feelings,” along with 260,000 dollars in fees and costs.

If a person can be civilly sued as an individual for exercising their state and federal religious freedom rights, are those still rights?

That’s the battle Liberty Counsel is fighting on Kim’s behalf.

But Kim’s case may have an even larger impact, for I believe that Kim’s case may overturn Obergefell v. Hodges itself — the infamous ruling that imposed same sex “marriage” on the nation in the first place.

This lawsuit confirms Justice Thomas’ remarks about the Obergefell ruling. The LGBTQ lobby are not satisfied to “co-exist” with opposing views. Instead, the LGBTQ agenda seeks to abolish and eliminate all religious freedom rights that might make them feel bad about their choices. And that’s just WRONG.

Liberty Counsel is prepared to defend Kim and all of America’s precious religious freedom all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the past three years, Liberty Counsel has won all seven cases we have argued or briefed before the U.S. Supreme Court. But we cannot do this important work without your generous support. Be a part of the victory with a one-time gift or a recurring monthly donation.

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Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

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Source:

“Kim Davis Will Ask Court to Reverse Verdict in Ermold Case.” Liberty Counsel, January 2, 2024. Lc.org/newsroom/details/010224-kim-davis-will-ask-court-to-reverse-verdict-in-ermold-case.