by Eze Eluchie
When the United States Supreme Court accepted to delve into strictly personal affairs that bother on religious doctrine and personal beliefs and conscience, it was clear that the United States was descending into a realm that will, sooner than later, find it in the sorry state where it will have to use the instrumentality of the State and Justice processes to try to influence personal conscience, religion and beliefs.
Ms. Kim Davis, an elected official of Rowan County, Kentucky State, charged with issuing Certificates of Marriage has repeatedly stated that her faith does not permit her to sign Marriage certificates for marriages that are not between a man and a woman. The Kentucky State Court Clerk refused to issue marriage certificate to homosexual couples purely on grounds that her conscience and religious believes negates such marriages becomes a prisoner of conscience!
By ordering that Kim Davis be sent to prison for merely abiding and sticking to her conscience and the dictates of her faith, US District Judge David Bunning has elevated Kim Davis to the status of a Prisoner of Conscience.
In his words at the sentencing, Justice Bunning asserted that "Her good faith belief is simply not a viable defense".
Is there any difference with what transpired against Ms. Kim Davis and the persecution of Christians and other ethno-religious minorities in those jurisdictions notorious for having ‘prisoners of conscience’? Whether it be in China, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, or wheresoever, the presence of Prisoners of Conscience in any jurisdiction is an afront against humanity.
The United States authorities are enjoined to release Kim Davis, a Prisoner of Conscience, IMMEDIATELY!
Picture: Kim Davis, Rowan County, Kentucky.
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