They Tried To Destroy Her, But Their Assault May Backfire

SCOTUS will soon review Liberty Counsel case defending Kim Davis. 

She never wanted the spotlight. Yet, her name became known worldwide. In recent months, her name resurfaced in news outlets from the U.S. to the U.K. and beyond. Kim Davis would have preferred to leave the controversy over “marriage” behind once she won her religious freedom rights in 2015. 

But two vindictive men have steadfastly refused to allow her to do so. 

For the last 10 years, David Ermold and David Moore have run a constant and targeted campaign of personal harassment against Kim solely because they want to punish her for her Christian faith.

When none of their histrionics or their smear campaign managed to force Kim to violate her religious principles, they decided to try to RUIN Kim by suing her into bankruptcy.

After 10 long years of battling these two men, Liberty Counsel has brought the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, because if a person can be sued for exercising their First Amendment religious freedom rights, then America has no religious freedom at all.

I cannot overstate the importance of this case. We need YOUR HELP to win, so that EVERY Christian is able to retain their freedom.

A 10-year timeline of assault on Kim Davis...

In July 2015, David Ermold and David Moore could have received a marriage license from any number of Kentucky clerks. But they repeatedly traveled to Kim’s office to harass her because of her Christian faith.

The two men engineered a social media blitz to “shame” Kim. 

On July 17, 2015, the two Davids filed their first lawsuit against Kim, trying to force her to affix her name on their “marriage” certificate. The court later dismissed their lawsuit after Kentucky lawmakers approved changes to the marriage license form that removed the clerk’s name.

On September 4, 2015, the two Davids received their marriage certificate. But a deputy clerk struck through Kim’s name. That wasn’t good enough for the two Davids, so they sued to try to force Kim to put HER name on THEIR certificate. The two Davids wound up losing again.

In December 2015, two months after they “married” (on Halloween of all days), the men continued their media campaign against Kim with a full-length feature in the internationally famous GQ magazine.

On December 6, 2017, Ermold tried to take Kim’s job as Rowan County clerk using the media (and another feature in GQ) to humiliate Kim.

When Ermold walked into the county office to file for the election, it was Kim who helped him navigate the paperwork and file the documents. If Kim were the bigot the pro-LGBTQ crowd makes her out to be, she would have refused to help Ermold, or had someone else do it for her. But Kim demonstrated pure grace to the man who had been, and was even at that very moment, attacking her.

Ermold lost the election.

But the two Davids weren’t done with Kim yet.

Ermold and Moore amended their suit against Kim, this time demanding she personally pay them 50,000 dollars each for “hurt feelings.” This is the case that is before the High Court today.

Ermond claimed Kim cost him his job. That was proven FALSE.

David Ermold claimed Kim Davis cost him his job. But Ermold’s former employer testified that Ermold’s claim was simply NOT TRUE.

So, mid-trial, the two Davids changed tactics again, this time claiming Kim should pay them because her religious beliefs “hurt their feelings.”

Can you imagine? These men have conducted a relentless campaign to harass, demean, and financially ruin Kim. And now they claim she hurt their feelings, by exercising her constitutionally guaranteed religious freedom!

The First Amendment bars awarding damages for “hurt feelings.” However, a jury awarded the two Davids 100,000 dollars without any evidence of damages. The total judgment now against Kim is 360,000 dollars — even though she obtained the religious accommodation she sought.

In the 10 years since the Obergefell opinion, U.S. Supreme Court Justices warned that the case would be used to bludgeon people of faith. Suffice it to say that for 10 long years, Obergefell has been used to turn Kim Davis into the LGBTQ’s punching bag. And for that reason alone, it must be overturned.

We have been defending Kim Davis for over a decade. Her case has the potential to shape legal precedent for generations.

Without you, Kim would already be bankrupt, and Christians would continue to be thrown in jail. Because of the generosity of supporters like you, people like Kim Davis are able to get the first-class legal representation they need. Any gift to Kim’s legal fund will be DOUBLED by our Challenge Grant.