Goose wrote:

If a spiritual conflict prevents one from doing her job, the honorable thing to do is resign.

It is not for her to decide if others may marry.

Hope she reflects upon that while in jail.

Agree. I actually kinda hate that she's in jail. Jail should be reserved for people who committ violent crimes or those who are a danger to others.

Don't get me wrong, she is clearly in contempt of court and clearly violating the law.

But I wish there was a legal mechinism where a court could look at the facts as say, "Look, you're not executing your duties as you promised to do. So we have to either fire you, or at the very least suspend you until a recall election or voter referendum can take place."

Good posts.

BTW, aren't most of gods laws about how you are to behave, and not how it's your job to determine how others behave?

And I'm having trouble understading how one person abusing another person in the name of their beliefs constitutes 'freedom'.

TheLagerLad wrote:

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Agree. I actually kinda hate that she's in jail. Jail should be reserved for people who committ violent crimes or those who are a danger to others.

Don't get me wrong, she is clearly in contempt of court and clearly violating the law.

But I wish there was a legal mechinism where a court could look at the facts as say, "Look, you're not executing your duties as you promised to do. So we have to either fire you, or at the very least suspend you until a recall election or voter referendum can take place."

Yea verily,

The only rememdy is removal from office.

Now she sits in jail on the taxpayer's dime while continuing to collect her salary on the taxpayers's dime.

The jailing strikes me as a personal vendetta on behalf of the judiciary.   Which is misuse of power.as agreggious as the clerrk's refusal to carry out her sworn duty.
 

The legal issue — that no one, whether a government or an individual engaged in civil disobedience has standing to flout a court order — is well established.

However, Jurists like Judge Bunning have few options to prod compliance, fines or incarceration. 

If the judge fined her, it is likely that some right wing groups would have paid the fines for her, and Davis would remain at her post, defying the courts of the United States.

The only measure I see, short of the voters removing Davis, is to reach an accomodation by which Davis agrees to let deputies in her office issue marriage licenses while she personally abstains.
My understanding is that she was offered such accomodation and refused.