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Kim Davis, the former county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex couples, must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple, according to a federal judge’s ruling.

That is in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury said the former Rowan county clerk should pay the couple who sued.

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Davis drew international attention when she was briefly jailed in 2015 over her refusal despite the US supreme court’s legalization of same-sex marriage. She based her refusal on her belief that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

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[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 97 points 10 months ago

Oh no! Not the consequences of my own actions!

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago

Thoughts and prayers

[–] rivermonster@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago

Eff yeah! EAT S*$% you hateful monster!

A little good news goes a long way these days, when there's so little of it. TY OP for the post.

[–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

So scared of islam yet so happy to implement sharia

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Talibangelicals don't hate Islam because of some Crusader-Era kink. They just don't like Arabs, Persians, and other shades of Brown Person. Reverend Wright ate all the same shit, despite being at least as Protestant as the last ten Presidents.

There's actually some speculation as to whether the modern day Joe Rogan / Andrew Tate conservatives are tacking towards Islam. Certainly, with all the free money the Saudis and Qatars are pumping into western broadcast athletics (golf, MMA, even e-Sports) I wouldn't be surprised to see more high profile Muslims stepping into the same role that guys like Hakeem Olajuwon and Muhammad Ali once filled.

In another generation, our Ben Shapiros and Steven Crowders could very well be replaced by Jordan B. Peterson in a skull cap.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, sure, she'll take that out of her -$26,100 net worth and get right on paying that back.

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

I thought she rode the MAGA grifter wave for a while. I'm sure she pissed away all her grift money already, but maybe she actually has some assets left from the hate train.

[–] zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 10 months ago

She should setup a GoFundMe and ~~fleece~~ ask other bigots for the money. let them eat each other.

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[–] TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Glad she's finding out, but she can probs fundraise her way out of that in a few hours via the right-wing griftiverse. There's no amount of money that hate-filled right wing grannies won't give to assholes that they think will stick it to the libs.

[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Man I'd love to have a way to get the right-wingers to just give me money without compromising my morals.

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

i was thinking the fundraiser could put her well into the profit zone

Absolutely agree

[–] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago

Congrats, you have reinvented the guiding premise of today's republican party

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They'll never see it.
I bet they could repo her trailer and take all her shit and they still wouldn't get more than $26,000.

[–] ettyblatant@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

I feel like lawyers in a high profile case will make sure every single penny is squeezed out of her until she dies

At least I hope so.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

She'll raise more in donations from this than the fees and end up turning a profit.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

That's still a bit of a win then. Better to completely drain one of these monsters than a 250k slap on the wrist for wealthy scumbags like trump.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I'm glad this is the ruling. ...even if I know there will be a GoFund to pay this off, and she'll probably be running for Congress in no time on the platform of "Elect me to legitimize our homophobia."

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Every dollar going to her is a dollar not going to some other hate cause.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It would be a shame if GoFundMe was breached and everyone could see who donated to her. Maybe all of those people would suffer consequences for being huge assholes, too.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think they'd care. In France the right fundraised a fucking million euros for a cop who shot a kid during a traffic stop, and they bragged about it.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I fuckin’ hate French Nazis.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Being a huge asshole has become completely acceptable though unfortunately.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I hope they stick her on a really boring committee, like salt mining regulations, until she slowly goes insane.

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[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

God work in mysterious ways!

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Can someone tell me why a clerk is an elected position?

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

My best guess is to keep the same people in that position rather than just anyone.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago

Generally, states where County Clerk is an elected position are states where county-level government is particularly important and powerful. For example, the Clerk might be in charge of elections or determining property values for tax assessment.

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

But why? All she did was deny a sanctioned government service to an entire class of people. /s

Unfortunately I'm sure she'll turn this into another fundraiser paid for by her fellow Christian fundamentalists.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately I'm sure she'll turn this into another fundraiser paid for by her fellow Christian fundamentalists.

She already turned it into a lucrative career on the fascist misinformation circuit days after she first made national news, raking in probably millions of dollars since then.

And yeah, I'm sure you're right that this will serve as an additional income booster for her 😮‍💨

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am curious if she's been married, again, and divorced, again, since 2015.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apparently not, still on the fourth one to the second husband.

Honestly this is the kicker for me

Shortly after the same-sex marriage license controversy, Davis said she and her husband switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

At least they recognized their true nature.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I wonder if it was like a scene from a Spiderman movie where they have conversations with their dark side in the mirror

[–] butt_mountain_69420@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

$360,000 coulda bought a shit-ton of denim dresses and white tennis shoes.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

it warms my heart that, eight years later, she’s still feeling a very expensive sting from her absolute and unwavering cuntery.

[–] e_mc2@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You shouldn't judge people by their looks, but I have to admit I'd be a little scared to meet her in person.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I am pretty sure she was my 5th grade math teacher. The only one who still wrote your name on the board if you were bad.

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Step 2 find out

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

What a shame.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

SCotUS will rule that Christians are exempt from the law under the first amendment because being forced to obey the law is tantamount to being forced to agree with the law, which is compelled speech.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

We should start mailing bound sacks with money signs on them to Thomas, a note on it telling him how we want him to vote. Might as well be honest about the situation. Fill the bags with glitter.

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