The Kim Davis Satirical Meme Photo Album

by Catherine Giordano


Kim Davis

The Kim Davis controversy erupted around Labor Day when all our TV satirical hosts were on vacation. No Bill Maher. No John Oliver. No Stephen Colbert. And The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is off the air forever. I did my best to fill in with this collection of hilarious satirical jokes and memes that I  scoured the internet to bring to you.

As you probably all know by now, Kim Davis, a Kentucky County Clerk has refused to issue marriage licenses because it is against her beliefs as a Christian woman to put her name on a marriage certificate for a same-sex couple. A court has ordered her to issue the licenses, but she continued to refuse. She would not even allow her deputy clerks to issue the licenses. So on Friday September 4, she was sent to jail for contempt of court. Of course, she claimed she was being persecuted for being Christian. 

It seems that Kim Davis managed to finagle a meeting with Pope Francis when he was in Washington DC and she is now making a big deal out of it claiming she feels vindicated by his support.The Vatican has made it clear that the Pope did not meet with Davis to show support.The meeting was arranged by the Vatican nuncio (ambassador) to Washington. This nuncio is very conservative and his views do not align with those of Pope Francis. His service as nuncio had already been terminated to be effective in January. The Pope was not involved in the decision for Davis to be given an audience. 

A Vatican spokesman described the meeting as a typical “brief greeting.” He said, [The Pope’s] “meeting with her should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects.” There was no discussion of Ms. Davis’ case. However, the Pope did grant an actual audience (lasting about 15 minutes) the day before to a gay man, a former student of the Pope when he taught in Argentina.

Kim Davis lied about her meeting with the Pope.

The first thing everyone should know about Kim Davis is that she has not always been an exemplar of Christian values. Women who live their Christian values are not usually adulterers and fornicators. 

Kim Davis does not have a "godly" past

Kim Davis: Be careful what you wish for

I’d feel sorry for her having her humiliating personal life exposed and being held up to public ridicule but then again if you don’t want other people to be involved in your personal life then maybe you shouldn’t involve yourself in the personal lives of others.

What goes around, comes around.

Ms. Davis has an answer for her past. She says:

 "Following the death of my godly mother-in-law over four years ago, I went to church to fulfill her dying wish. There I heard a message of grace and forgiveness and surrendered my life to Jesus Christ. I am not perfect. No one is. But I am forgiven and I love my Lord and must be obedient to Him and to the Word of God."

So she found religion and the slate is wiped clean. Her past sins do not matter anymore.

Ms Davis is an Apostolic Christian. She says that same-sex marriage is against Christian Scripture and therefore she cannot comply with the court’s order. She has claimed that she follows “God’s Law.” Except Jesus never said one word about same sex love or marriage.

  

"I never imagined a day like this would come, where I would be asked to violate a central teaching of Scripture and of Jesus himself regarding marriage. To issue a marriage license which conflicts with God's definition of marriage, with my name affixed to the certificate, would violate my conscience. It is not a light issue for me. It is a heaven or hell decision."

  

Furthermore, it appears that she has already broken some of the other laws in the Bible. 

Matthew 5:34: “But I say to you, do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God.”

U.S. county clerks must swear an oath to both God and country before entering office.

Romans 13: “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.”

She has clearly violated that bit of Scripture, too.

Moreover, marriage has been redefined many times since Biblical times. i won't even mention the Mormons and their belief that marriage is between one man and one woman and one woman and one woman ......and one woman. Here is another illustration of the changes in the definition of marriage. 

The Biblical definition of marriage

The correct thing for her to do would be to resign. She could surely get a job at Hobby Lobby or Chick-Fil-A where she would never be asked to do anything that would violate her Christian conscience. However, her current job pays $80,000 a year. I don’t think she’d be able to match that salary.

Obey your founding fathers.

I think this is analogous to a Buddhist vegetarian who is a waiter at a vegetarian restaurant. One day the owner sells the restaurant, and the new owner changes the restaurant’s menu—it is now a steakhouse. Can the vegetarian waiter refuse to serve the customers their steaks and expect to keep his job. Or how about a Quaker pacifist refusing to issue a gun permit? Or a Muslim DMV clerk who won't issue driver's licences to women? 

Here are some memes that show how ridiculous things would be if everyone started refusing to do their jobs because of their religious beliefs. This is exactly the kind of thing bill Maher would use for his mid-show comedy show, except he'd add some vulgarity.  

No burger for you.

No driver's license for you.

No prescription for you.

Kim Davis denies licenses for everything.

Turnabout is fair play.

And if we all get to use our religious beliefs to not do our jobs, how about we stop issuing gun permits.

All we want is love.

The United States is not a Christian nation. We have separation of church and state. Ms. Davis apparently would like the United States to be a theocratic country. Ms Davis is not being persecuted. She is being asked to do her job and obey the law. We too often have a double standard in the United States. 

Double standard

No Constitution for you.

One reason the judge had to sentence her to jail instead of issuing her a fine is that she would never have had to pay the fine out of her own funds. GoFundMe has refused to allow an account for her because what she is doing is a criminal act, but I’m sure she would have gotten donations elsewhere.

You religion is not an excuse to break the law.

After she gets a lucrative book deal and speaking tour, she’ll probably resign.  What a racket. Become a cause célèbre by refusing to do your job and get rich quick.   

If you would like to know why the United States is not a Christian nation and how separation of church and state has been eroded over the years, read: Is the United States a Christian Nation: Democracy Not Theocracy. 

Who is on the same side as ISIS?

Who is on the same side as Al Qaeda?

And now for the obligatory Nazi reference. I apologize, but it is funny.

Sending the wrong signal?

For our grand finale, we have to have a reference to Satanism. 

Songs of Satan

The deputy clerks are now issuing marriage licenses to everyone--same sex and opposite sex couples alike. So Kim Davis fought fought the law and the law won. 

Kim Davis may be back in court soon. According to reports that came out on September 18,2015 she has altered the licenses. This may be a violation of the judges orders. Read the news story. Kim Davis Alters Marriage Licenses

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This last picture is not a joke. I put Separation of Church & State: Founding Principles of Religious Liberty here to provide important historical education about the separation of church and state in the United States.(And also because I couldn't find any items about Kim Davis. Plus, I always like to include at least one item from amazon on my posts in the hope that someone clicks and orders something so I can earn a small commission.)

Now that I have included the word from my sponsor, I will add that it's a good book written by a history professor to combat the religious right that tries to subvert the clear intent of the founding fathers to create a secular state by cherry-picking isolated quotes and using them out of context.