Kim Davis, the jailed clerk who refused to give out gay marriage licenses, was just honored at a surreal rally
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At the rally, outside the jail in which Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was being held due to her refusal to issue those marriage licenses, Huckabee, a Republican presidential candidate, said that he'd go to jail to defend Davis.
"If somebody needs to go to jail, I'm willing to go in in her place. I mean that. I'm tired of watching people be just harassed because they believe something of their faith," Huckabee said.
Davis then came on stage at the rally, walking to "Eye of the Tiger."
"Thank you all so much. I love you all so much," she said to a roaring crowd. "I just want to give God the glory. His people have rallied, and you are a strong people."
Davis was released from jail Tuesday and plans to return to work this week, her attorney told reporters. But the judge who ordered her release, five days after he sent her to jail, said that she must not prevent her deputies from issuing marriage licenses to eligible couples.
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US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) also stopped by the rally Tuesday to meet with Davis, while Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) said last week that Davis should not have to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her religious convictions.
Matt Bevin, the Republican nominee for governor in Kentucky, also posed for a photo with Davis.
Was honored to have Kim Davis and her husband ask for me to visit them in the Carter County jail today... #WeAreKY pic.twitter.com/VKyXQgEap1
- Matt Bevin (@MattBevin) September 8, 2015
Praise God Kim has been released! https://t.co/Ev47wkemvD #ImWithKim pic.twitter.com/pHRqajimE3
- Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 8, 2015
Proud to stand with 4,000+ patriots @ the "#ImWithKim Liberty Rally" #KimDavis #ReligiousLiberty pic.twitter.com/qTMjznbp8P
- Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 8, 2015
Huckabee has been one of Davis' most vocal supporters, and has frequently railed against the US Supreme Court decision earlier this year that found gay marriage to be constitutional.
"The issue is whether the courts can just make a law out of thin air and then just apply it and punish people for something that's not even a law," Huckabee said Tuesday.
This isn't exactly true. Following a push by some states to avoid school integration mandated by the landmark 1955 case Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled again in 1958 that states have to enforce the high court's decisions even if they don't agree with them.
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