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In reply to the discussion: Is it appropriate for progressives to mock Kim Davis's weight and fashion sense? [View all]Tanuki
(15,519 posts)I grew up about 50 miles from Morehead and come from an Evangelical background myself, so I "get it". I would never mock her weight, choice of clothing, or religious beliefs, but she has no right to impose those beliefs on others, especially on the taxpayers' dime. Her mom was the clerk in that county for nearly 40 years prior to Ms. Davis' election, during 26 years of which Davis herself was deputy. Now that she is the clerk, her son is one of the deputies. It sounds as if her family has a pretty good thing going on and have become accustomed to a publicly funded cash flow. She promised when she was elected that she would "uphold the letter of the law." If her conscience no longer allows her to do that, she needs to move along. It's not about her faith, which she selectively applies and which doesn't prevent her from living in a marriage which her own denomination regards as adulterous. Her "conversion" four years ago doesn't exempt her from that inconvenient truth, even though it may absolve her of prior indiscretions. She is a hypocrite, but more to the point, she is violating the public trust.