Kim Davis, County Clerk in Kentucky, is put in jail because she won’t issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her religious beliefs.  Josh Ernst in Obama’s office said she needs to follow the law.  What a joke!

The White House telling the American people to follow the law?  If Kim is in jail –  then Obama and Hillary should be in the cell next door – Obama for not enforcing the immigration laws and countless other laws he has broken.  Hillary should also be in jail for Benghazi and the weapons the State Dept gave to the attackers who killed four Americans.

GOP candidates blast ‘absurd’ jailing of Kentucky marriage clerk.

The Kentucky clerk who has been jailed for refusing to issue licenses to same-sex couples is getting full-throated support from several Republican presidential candidates.

Senators Rand Paul (Ky.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) blasted a judge’s decision Thursday to hold Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court.

“I think it’s absurd to put someone in jail for exercising their religious liberty,” Paul said on CNN’s “Wolf,” citing his home state clerk’s “heartfelt conviction.”

Cruz, a vocal opponent of the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage this summer, also rebuked the judge.

“Today, judicial lawlessness crossed into judicial tyranny.”

“Today, for the first time ever, the government arrested a Christian woman for living according to her faith. This is wrong. This is not America,” Cruz said in a lengthy statement posted to his campaign website next to a bright red button for supporters to donate to his White House bid.

“I stand with Kim Davis. Unequivocally,” Cruz said. “I stand with every American that the Obama Administration is trying to force to choose between honoring his or her faith or complying with a lawless court opinion.”

The clerk’s case has divided the GOP presidential field, with candidates such as Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and businesswoman Carly Fiorina suggesting earlier this week that Davis, as a government employee, should issue the licenses.

But Davis’s situation took a new turn on Thursday, when she was found in contempt of court and jailed for refusing a court order that she issue the licenses. Earlier in the week, the Supreme Court had refused to place the court order on hold.

“You know, if you want to convince people that same-sex marriage is something that’s acceptable, I would say try to persuade people,” Paul said on CNN, suggesting action through the federal government brought about the opposite result.

“Her heartfelt religious conviction is that this isn’t a kind of marriage she approves of,” Paul continued. “My understanding is that she will file a contract, if two adults have a contract, she will file it, she just doesn’t want to have her signature on it showing her approval.”

The White House weighed in on the case earlier Thursday afternoon, with press secretary Josh Earnest saying that “on principle, that the success of our democracy depends upon the rule of law, and there’s no public official that is above the rule of law.”  If that is the case why isn’t Obama in jail?  He is breaking the law everyday for not upholding the Constitution.

Five deputy clerks in the Kentucky county have told the judge in Davis’s case that they will issue the licenses, though another has expressed reluctance, according to The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, the case has become a social issue flashpoint for Cruz, Paul and other candidates vying for the support of evangelical voters, including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who has also backed her.

Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) has similarly come out in defense of Davis, seeking “a balance.”

Huckabee, the first to offer a strong defense of Davis this week, blasted putting her in custody in a series of tweets on Thursday afternoon, calling it an assault on religious liberty.

Other candidates such as businessman Donald Trump, the current GOP front-runner, have either remained silent on the issue or declined to weigh in.

“I don’t know enough about it to comment on it,” Trump said during a wide-ranging press conference Thursday. “Was she jailed? I really don’t know much about it.”

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton’s campaign also issued a tweet Thursday on Davis being placed in custody, saying, “Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law—end of story.”  Then why isn’t Hillary in jail with all of the laws she has broken.

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