Kim Davis Is Hated for His Name Sake

On Nov. 7, SCOTUS will vote on whether to take up this blockbuster case

Kim Davis has faced persecution like few others in recent American history — all because she would not reject her faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

In 2015, Kim Davis had a choice — she could affix her name as the official authority on an act the Bible clearly forbids or she could use her constitutionally guaranteed right to religious accommodation — by simply removing her name from the license.

Kim chose to exercise her religious freedom rights. After spending six days in prison, she did receive the accommodation she requested. But the case continues because two men were enraged that their license did not include Kim’s name. Now she faces a judgment of more than 360,000 dollars. 

The opposition's brief, justifying their attack on religious freedom rights, has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, as has our reply brief. The High Court will soon meet to decide whether to take up this case. The two issues include the religious freedom protection afforded by the First Amendment and overturning the 2015 Obergefell opinion. The stakes could not be higher.

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Kim Davis has been the target of ridicule, harassment, and death threats. But little of that compares to the persecution she has suffered at the hands of two angry men, David Moore and David Ermold.

The two men admitted to GQ magazine that they had never even discussed getting married when they began traveling to Kim Davis’ office to video themselves mocking and harassing the soft-spoken woman.

Kim even referred the men to other county clerks who would sign their marriage certificate. They refused. They wanted to force Kim to violate her religious convictions by putting HER name on their certificate, and they sued to force her to do so.

When that didn’t work, the men embarked on a 10-year-long campaign trying to keep their own names in the news, and to harass Kim in any way they could, including trying to take her job.

When all else failed, the men continued their lawsuit against Kim. They claimed her refusal to violate her religious convictions cost Ermold his job. But when Liberty Counsel had Ermold’s former employer testify, the HR representative revealed that Ermold’s claim was false.

This 10-year battle has now reached the U.S. Supreme Court. We appreciate your prayers and your support!

Rather than give up their harassment campaign, Ermold and Moore changed their lawsuit again, this time claiming they needed to be compensated for the “hurt feelings.”

The law does not allow people to be compensated for mere “hurt feelings,” as such things are impossible to objectively quantify. But the judge who sent her to prison for six days allowed a jury to render a decision without any factual basis. And now this judge has rewarded Ermold and Moore’s harassment campaign with a 360,000+ dollar judgment against Kim Davis.

Based on the financial award for “hurt feelings” alone, Kim’s case should be overturned. The First Amendment should be an absolute defense. In addition, we are arguing that the entire Obergefell opinion must also be overturned. 

Nowhere in the Constitution is there a right to same-s*x “marriage.” Nor is there any historical claim. In fact, throughout human history, marriage has always been between a man and a woman. 

When five lawyers on the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Obergefell in 2015, they invented a right that never before existed. In doing so, they not only erased marriage laws in all the states, but they also created a situation where newly invented LGBTQ “rights” collide with the constitutional religious freedom upon which our country was founded. 

Chaos has ensued. Kim was the first to be persecuted, and her case has dragged on for 10 long years. But others have followed: cake bakers, website makers, and other Christian business owners from coast to coast have been sued for much the same thing as Kim — refusing to relinquish their religious freedom and resisting the pressure to disobey God’s Word.

These cases that try to force Christians to disobey God stem from the unlawful Obergefell opinion. It must be overturned.

We need your prayers and your financial support to win this case.

Please be in prayer for Kim, her family, and our staff. Death threats against all of us are growing now that this case is in the news and before the High Court.

Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel