It has been published that other KY clerks from other counties had also refused to endorse SS licenses concurrently with Kim Davis without being charged with any violation of law. And continue to do so( as far as I know) because no lawsuits have been filed against those clerks. In other words, legal proceedings were started against KD by the ss-- not by the State, and, had those lawsuits not been filed, KD would not have gone to jail.
In other words, KD was doing nothing wrong until she violated the Court Order mandating her to issue ss licenses. It was not wrong for her not to issue licenses based on her reasons. That is not why she went to jail. But it was wrong for her to violate the Court Order. And that is why she went to jail, because she violated the Court Order.
The Court was satisfied THAT HER CLERKS are issuing ss licenses. If it was wrong FOR HER not to issue ss licenses, It would still be wrong even if the clerks are issuing ss licenses. EVIDENTLY, it does not violate the law for her not to issue ss licenses because she was released from jail refusing to issue them. Again, if she violated the law to begin with by personally refusing to issue ss licenses based on religious reasons, the Court would have personally ordered to do so.
Just because I say or anyone else on this thread says it that KD has done something wrong by refusing to issue ss licenses does not determined that not issuing ss licenses for her reasons violates the law, or her oath of office. WE do not have the authority to make that determination-But should that stop us from believing it? As far as I know, the Courts have not decided that KD has violated the law by not issuing ss licenses for religious reasons.
The reason KD went to jail is for not complying with a Court Order ordering her to issue ss licenses BUT NOT BECAUSE NOT ISSUING SS LICENSES FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS VIOLATES THE LAW.