Kentucky’s infamous county clerk, Kim Davis, has been ordered to jail for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Not surprisingly, the internet has reacted. #KimDavis is currently trending on Twitter, with some of the more notable reactions under the hashtag below.
Here are some tweets that support Davis’s jailing. They range from funny pop culture references about the clerk’s predicament, to earnest arguments about why her stance is wrong:
https://twitter.com/PhillyD/status/639541066102784000
Fifty years ago in the U.S. #KimDavis more than likely would have been refusing marriage licenses to interracial couples. She's no hero š®š·
— JB (@josephlboston) September 3, 2015
Real Christians have a message for #KimDavis: pic.twitter.com/JxB3bo1io5
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) September 3, 2015
I'm trying to imagine what #KimDavis supporters would do if this sign actually appeared at the DMV. #fairgame pic.twitter.com/Xz0CRXxBCV
— Benjamin L Corey (@BenjaminLCorey) September 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/TheBaxterBean/status/639485335387414528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
"That's not my cross."#KimDavis pic.twitter.com/PnW4IAxbhe
— Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) September 3, 2015
There are also tweets supporting Davis. The supporters includeĀ Republican presidential hopefuls Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee, whose statements make varying degrees of sense:
Lois Lerner goes on paid administrative leave from the IRS, but KY clerk #KimDavis goes to jail?
— Carly Fiorina (@CarlyFiorina) September 3, 2015
For context, Lois Lerner was an IRS official who targeted Tea Party officials for audits related to their applications for tax exempt status.
What a world, where Hillary Clinton isn't in jail but #KimDavis is. #ImWithKim
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 3, 2015
As well as from one Reverend Billy Graham:
"If the Word of God isnāt worth fighting for, I donāt know anything that is.ā #KimDavis
— Billy Graham (@BillyGraham) September 3, 2015
There’s also the #freekim hashtag, which has considerably less traction at the moment:
https://twitter.com/The_King/status/639546160575873024
America was founded on religious freedom. What happened? #FreeKim #IStandForReligiousLiberty
— Caitlyn Catledge (@caitlynnunnery) September 3, 2015
If #freekim seems familiar, it might be because the hashtag was used a couple of days ago in conjunction withĀ Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star’s Kim RichardsĀ recent run-ins with the law:
After Davis was jailed, five of her six deputy clerks agreed to begin issuing marriage licenses again. The lone dissenter is her son.
5 of 6 deputy clerks agree to issue marriage licenses. Davis's son, a deputy clerk, will not be held in contempt. pic.twitter.com/mpxyAtnWNU
— LEX 18 News (@LEX18News) September 3, 2015