| Online: | |
| Visits: | |
| Stories: |
| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
This Major Announcement Finally Gives Kim Davis Some Big Good News- Liberals Will Hate It
County Clerk Kim Davis, whose unabashed defense of her faith and principles landed her in jail, is being honored by the Family Research Council with its “Cost of Discipleship Award” in recognition of her courage.
“What the Left is almost certainly afraid of is what is coming to pass: courage is breeding courage,” said Family Research Council president Tony Perkins. “Months from now, we may all look back and realize that she was the example that sparked a blaze of resistance across this country.”
Davis, the clerk of Rowan County, KY, drew national attention after she refused to grant marriage licenses to same sex couples. Although her office now processes these licenses, in response to orders from a federal court, she has personally held firm to her beliefs this week as she returned to work following her release from jail.
Davis will be honored at the Values Voter Summit. Last year, the award was given to Mariam Ibraheem, a Sudanese Christian who was nearly killed for her faith before being released and coming to the U.S.
Perkins, who met with Davis last week, said Davis was not “looking for this fight,” but that in the best tradition of America’s founders, she is “not running from it either.”
“When other people might have cowered in fear, Kim took a stand,” Perkins said. “And today, millions of Americans stand with her and for the religious freedom upon which our nation was founded.”
Perkins drew a parallel between Davis’ actions and the Pilgrims.
“Think about that for a moment. Do you really think William Bradford and the Pilgrims were just trying to move their church membership?…They came for what Kim Davis is standing for. They came for the ability to live their lives according to their Christian faith. And now it’s time for the government of this country to step back and let us,” Perkins said.
Perkins said the stand Davis took is changing the national conversation about gay marriage and religious exemptions.
h/t: The Blaze
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/this-major-announcement-finally-gives-kim-davis-some-big-good-news-liberals-will-hate-it/
