Kim Davis has been in the news a lot
lately. The county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, has refused to issues
marriage licenses since June. She says her Christian faith prevents her from
sanctioning same-sex marriage. Yesterday Mrs. Davis was found in contempt of
court and jailed. (Yes, you read that right. Not suspended, not transferred to
another dept., not fired, but JAILED!)
Supporters of same-sex marriage have
been gleefully mocking Mrs. Davis because it was discovered that she has been
married four times. The reporter who wrote a scathing piece for U.S. World and
News Report offered these snarky comments: “Kim Davis believes so strongly in
traditional marriage that she couldn't stop at just one,” and, “I wonder what
Kim Davis’ first, second and third husbands think of her take on marriage?” A
New York Times reporter tweeted this: “Wow. That Kentucky clerk has quite a
record of biblical transgressions.”
However, all these preening reporters
are quite aware that Mrs. Davis did not convert to Christianity until just four
years ago, long after her three divorces.
Wait. What?! Everyone is mocking her
for “biblical transgressions” that happened before she even believed the Bible
is the Word of God? Everyone is jumping ugly on this woman because she didn’t
embody the Christian view of marriage during a time before she converted to
Christianity? Does that seem even remotely fair?
Instead of all the snark, a more
accurate headline would be this: “Kentucky clerk did not follow Christianity
when she was not a Christian.” Hmm, not quite as sensational, is it?
I realize Kim Davis’ refusal to issue
marriage licenses to same-sex couples has a lot of people very upset. At this
moment in history the mob rule—er, I mean, the majority view, says we must
celebrate all things gay. Personally, I think she should’ve simply resigned.
But being tossed in the slammer (while, for example, Hillary Clinton remains
free?!) just goes to show that the Lavender Mafia absolutely will not tolerate
ANY dissent.
Speaking of Hillary, she offered this
comment after Mrs. Davis was jailed: “[Government] officials should be held to
their duty to uphold the law—end of story.” OMG! I didn’t realize Hillary was
trying her hand at stand-up comedy! What a line, especially coming from someone
who evaded public-record laws, violated the Espionage Act, and obstructed
justice by destroying evidence. Oh, she’s a hoot! Hillary should get her own
Comedy Central special.
Another sad aspect of the Kim Davis
story is the mainstream media’s complete inability to report on religious
issues. I mean, they have no clue what faith is. In this case, they have no
understanding of one of the most basic concepts of Christianity: repentance and
forgiveness, and turning one’s life around after professing faith in Christ.
Another example: Earlier this week the
Pope announced that priests may forgive women of the sin of abortion. Not a
single news outlet that I saw understood that priests in virtually all of the
U.S. already are allowed to do this. However, the grand prize for “faith illiteracy”
goes to MSNBC, which reported on the Pope’s announcement with this headline:
“Pope says priests can allow this Catholic sin [abortion].”
Allow? As in saying it’s OK?! Um,
look, I understand that MSNBC has very high progressive standards; that is,
they hire only atheists. But is it too much to ask that SOMEONE on the staff
has even a slight idea of what religion is?
And just think, everyone groaned and said
Cardinal George was being hysterical when he offered this prediction a few
years ago: “I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his
successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up
the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the
church has done so often in human history.”
We are definitely living in a
post-Christian culture, and the next 5 or 10 or 100 years are going to be very
interesting.
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