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Kim Davis, a Kentucky clerk, has denied marriage licenses due to her religious belief on gay marriage. She was arrested and released and Davis says that this is violating her first amendment rights and, she will not issue a marriage license until she feels she is treated equally.
Cultural: The Kim Davis controversy has had a significant effect on the Republican GOP Debate. It created the question of whether Davis was in the wrong of there is no law for conviction.
Physiological: The thought of some nominees was she wasn't wrong for stand up for her religious beliefs and others just said there is no law she isn't wrong.
Social: This created a stir in the Christian, LGBTQ, and political community. Some are in agreement with Davis and others are saying she is completely wrong.
Temporal: The timing of this controversy couldn't be any better. All this started two weeks before the actual debate took place and is still a major topic.
The funny thing is that there is a regulation called Seperation of Church and State. Which, for those nominees who don't know, is to keep religious beliefs and political matters separate. Meaning that yes Kim Davis is in the wrong for not doing her job. If she felt so strongly she should of just resigned. The fact that this was even a question at the debate scares me for what is in store for the actual elections.
I thought of this as I watched the debate as well. I wonder if social media didn't exist, would this have made it's way into the GOP debate on CNN? Now that we are able to express our opinions so instantaneously and publicly it is much easier to perceive the American public's response to any given news story. Would Kim Davis have felt such an outpouring of support if social media didn't exist? Would she have even felt she had a leg to stand on without the viral campaigns agreeing with her? I suspect this story would have gone away much faster without the buzz on social media to back her up and she may have even decided to resign instead of put up a fight.
ReplyDeleteI found it funny that the candidates were proposing passing a law for separating church and state, when they should already know that it already exists. That's why this next election really scares me based on whose running. Regardless, this woman is in the wrong, when you have a job you should do it despite how it internally conflicts them. If she can't handle the internal conflicts that job isn't for her.
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