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Mike Huckabee planning rally for jailed Kentucky county clerk
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is planing a rally in support of jailed Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. The former Arkansas governor made the announcement on his campaign website.
According to Talking Points Memo the event, called the ‘#ImWithKim Liberty Rally,’ will be this Tuesday (8 September) in front of the Carter County Detention Center in Grayson, Kentucky.
This week Huckabee, a foe to all forms of marriage rights for LGBTI families, offered a vigorous Facebook defense of the clerk, writing that ‘having Kim Davis in federal custody removes all doubt of the criminalization of Christianity in our country.’
The presidential candidate plans on meeting Davis before the rally. A petition on Huckabee’s website calls for the clerk’s immediate release.
‘This is a direct attack on our God-given, constitutional rights,’ the petition says.
The 49-year-old Democrat been the center of a firestorm since marriage equality became legal in all 50 US states. In August, District Judge David Bunning ordered her to issue certificates to LGBTI applicants. She appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court. The highest court in the country denied her emergency request to not issue marriage licenses to any couples – gay or straight – as she fought in the lower court.
Despite losing, Davis continued to defy Bunning’s order. She was held in contempt and placed in jail this past Thursday. Since her absence, deputy Rowan County clerks have signed certificates.
A number of anti-gay organizations will participate in next week’s rally, including the Family Research Council, National Organization for Marriage, and Concerned Women for America.
Mat Staver, the founder of Liberty Counsel and Davis’ lawyer, will also be in attendance.
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James Withers
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