Opinion. Our phone lines are open. Democrats can call and in at 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independence, 202 7458002. Ndependents, 202 7458002 you can also find us on social media. Twitter, cspanwj. Facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A very good sunday to you. Here are the headlines today. Again, the third night that davis has been in jail. A headline, jailed kentucky Clerk Kim Davis keeps stance against gay marriage. The headline in the new york ms. Davis helped ,nravel an uneasy detente declaring a constitutional right to samesex marriage in june. Some republicans rushed to the , aense of miss davis democrat, and other Public Employees who say sanctioning samesex marriage undermines their religion. Those who have come to her defense, mike huckabee. He is holding a rally on tuesday outside the jail where davis is being held. That is happening at 3 00 on tuesday, along with tony perkins of the Family Research council and other supporters of campaign. His kim davis others who have been vocal about this, senator ted cruz of texas. In part, from his statement, i call on every lover of liberty kimstand with cam davis davis. Here he is from an appearance on fox news on thursday. [video clip] let me put out to all those who say that kim davis should resign from her office. What happened those voices to declare the mayor of San Francisco to leave office. Have beenitizens murdered because of the mayors violation of law. Where are those voices calling for president obama to resign for 6. 5 years he has defied the welfareigration law, reform law, and his own obamacare. When the mayor of San Francisco and president obama resign, then we can talk about kim davis. Ted cruz also taking on the Supreme Court in his statement, calling it judicial lawlessness, crossing into tyranny. In Washington Post taking on part specifically. It,gh cruz does not like , the Court Ordered states to grant marriage licenses. If you want to read more on that, it is in the Washington Post. Were taking your calls this morning. Should Public Officials he allowed to refuse participating in samesex marriage, due to their religious beliefs fear that is our question this morning. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7458002 lena is up first from kentucky. Good morning. Caller good morning. How are you this morning . Host good, go ahead. Davis. I am behind kim i think all of our religious freedoms have been taken away from us. I think it is time that someone stood up for christians. Thats my comment. Thank you. Host before you go, there is a comment from someone who wrote in on facebook. I want to see if you want to respond to it. Patrick mitchell is one of our first commenters on this topic. He says, religious freedom equals you dont have to get married to a gay person. Not issuing a marriage license to gay people means forcing people to follow your religion. What do you think about that statement . Caller i think people have gotten away from the bible. Religion and this country needs to get back to where was at one time. I totally disagree with the gentleman. I still back kim davis. Host how close is ransom, kentucky to ronwan . Caller maybe one hour. Host there will be a rally there on tuesday. Any plans to show up to the rally . Caller not at this time. It is one hour away from me. Host i appreciate the call from ransom, kentucky. Terry is up next from maryland, line for republicans. Caller good morning. Absolutely, this woman should be able to invoke a religious beliefs. Unfortunately, this is the way liberals operate. The Supreme Court imposed gay marriage on a majority of the states. I think only a handful actually voted for it. Bow,liberalism, you must and if you disagree, youre compared to the talent down. Liberals are destroying christianity. Christians are now a target for them. I have not seen anything in the media, maybe you can correct me, kers have refuseder wedding cakes for gay marriages. If anyone disagrees, they are targeted as a bigot. Host danny is in West Virginia, line for democrats. You are on the washington journal. Caller it is not the Supreme Court imposing their personal opinion. They are implying that all men and women have equal rights and are created equal. If christian evangelicals dont really think they are religion, they are a joke if they think they are allowed to discriminate against gay people, especially if they are in government employment, we should be allowed to, for instance, discriminate against people from kentucky. West virginia is right next to what kentuckynow wh people are like. Host on thursday at a White House Press briefing, press secretary josh earnest took on this topic. Here is a bit. [video clip] ultimately, iest think this is something to court will weigh in on. The b2 has already been expressed by a federal judge. Is subjectc official to the rule of law, that applies to the president of the United States and the county clerk in rome, kentucky. In terms of how that applies to this particular case, the judge will have to decide. I would not second guess it from here. Host White House Press secretary josh earnest on thursday. Here is yesterdays front page headline from the courier journal. Licenses at last. Under the threat of jail time or find by deputies from kim davis in rowing county. Here is the lexington herald leader, with a similar story about the gay couples who brought this issue to the forefront in rowing county. Rebecca is up next in alabama. Good morning. Caller good morning. I think she is an elected oath, andand took an should apply the law to the Supreme Court. Not that i agree with the ruling, i just think you have to have a society that obeys the law. Booksare some laws on our that i dont agree with. Whatnt they can choose laws we agree with and which ones we dont. About kim davis being in jail for the last three days. You can see her there before her hearing on thursday, in which she was held in contempt of court and put in jail. On fox news, late last week, rand pl said, i think it is ridiculous to incarcerate someone for their religious believes. What are your thoughts about the escalation of this . Caller i felt the sameay. I thought the penalty for going to jail was excessive. She could have been find, reprimanded in some way, but to put her in jail for her religious release is a little overboard by the federal judge. Taking the like mayor from San Francisco and putting him in jail because he hasnt thanks ray city he has a sanctuary city. We had people who break the laws, and i think you have to look at the degree that they are raking them. Host i should note that a u. S. Had offeredrt judge to release davis is she promised to not interfere with their employees issuing licenses. John is up next from virginia, line for democrats. Caller good morning. Personally, with this matter, i will say this. Sides. Thize with both i tried to be fair when i look at the argument. I think that religious people can disagree with the gay agenda and still coexist peacefully and respectfully. You dont have to agree with them to coexist. Lets look at, the elections going on today and the type of issues people are voting for. So much at the agenda and whatnot. I tried to avoid all of that. I care more about the fiscal problems with this country and economic problems. I think all these social problems have kind of taken away from that matter. I am still at odds. Im still thinking, how did building number seven go down . Building number seven just dropped down. We will move on to margie, line for republicans. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. Imler i wonder if there sure there are a lot of people, as old as i am, the remember during world war ii, there were mish i thinkl m they were. They did not believe in fighting or killing. If im not mistaken, i think our d them. Ent excuse im just wondering why the same thing could not be applied to this woman from kentucky. Thank you. Tweetedllary clinton about this debate. She wrote, Marriage Equality is the law of the land, official should be held to their duty to uphold the law, and of story. Several Editorial Boards and major papers around the country taking this issue on, including the Washington Post. The Editorial Board writing, davis has every right to oppose samesex marriage as a private citizen or if she were part of a clergy, she could oppose marrying gays and lesbians. Rejected legislators to say no is asked. Her religious convictions not excuse her from her official duties, a commitment she made when she took office. Mary is up next from washington. Caller good morning. I want to explain to all the yourle who are haters question sometimes comes up like a hay question. First of all, marriage is a civil rights. I dont know anyone who can go out in the woods and say, lord, im ready to get married, bless my marriage. It is not recognized. The lady in kentucky, she can stay in jail until her hair looks like rapunzel. We have laws and she is in contempt of the law. She had every opportunity to save herself from going in jail, hope she stays in there. Stay in jail, that is where you belong. To people who do not understand, marriage is a civil right. You cannot do anything about it because the courts have said, yes, gay people get married every day because that is what the law says. Please have a good day. Host do you think those on the other side of the today are confusing civil marriage with religious marriage . Caller yes, they are. That is why the forefathers said do not put the state into church or church into state because you will have people like mrs. Whats her name, kim . I believe in a lot of things too religious life, by dont want to interfere with anyones rights, unless you are breaking the law where youre hurting a child, or those kinds of things. When you want to get married, you have to go downtown and pay a fee. You can say, lord, the lord will bless you manage all you want, but it is not recognized. It is wrong for people to keep doing this. Gay peoples will get their , and all of you haters will be able to do anything but sit back and look like. Fools. Host host the other law at issue here is the religious freedom restoration act. Host we are asking our viewers this morning to weigh in. Should Public Officials be able to oppose samesex marriage because of their religious fs . Ie if you want to weigh in, democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7458002 michael is in pensacola, florida. Good morning. Caller yes, good morning. That i do not believe it is the governments job or the Supreme Court struck to marry anyone supreme job to marry anyone. The only reason the Gay Community wants marriage in the first place is to get tax breaks withe perceived as equal heterosexual marriage, which they are not. It is interesting how there is this talk of the woman violating the law. The Gay Community filings the laws of god. You cant change that. Let me say one last thing. They want to be perceived as equal, but they are not equal. They are completely dismissing the other gender. Host what was your reaction back in june . Were you surprised by the Supreme Court decision that allowed gay marriage in this country . I am a bit surprised that they are even involved in it. Mica said, is not our considerts job to that. It is a personal matter. They can have their marriage, their mind, be free, and left in peace. I think now, if we are allowing gay marriage that is a busy gay marriage legitimacy, should be allowed polygamy . Host michael in florida. A little bit more from a New York Times story. Host you can read more on that in the New York Times story this morning. Were taking her calls, thoughts for the next half hour or so. Chuck is in West Virginia, line for democrats. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Washington journal is part of my morning ritual everything will day. The previous caller from florida, it is not the job of our government or courts to uphold gods law. It is up to our government to whiche the constitution, obviously many times conflicts with the bible. As for kim davis in kentucky, lets say that they give her a religious exception to deny marriage licenses to some of the her salary,elps pay by the way. All of a sudden, you have all these other judges in kentucky saying, if they are going to let kim davis turn her back on gay n i think we should all rally behind her and nullify the law that is not the way work. Her religious freedom has not been affected at all of your cheek and go to church twice a week, conduct bible study classes. On her own time, she can preach against gay people to her hearts content, but when she is in that office and paid by the taxpayers of all different religions, gay and straight, she does not have the right to deny services to the people that they her salary. Host is there a matter that she should not accept this job or position if she did not they she can fulfill the obligation . Whatever the obligations may be or change during the course of Supreme Court rulings. Caller laws change all the time. Our laws constantly being made. Laws occasionally get overturned in the courts. She has to apply the law as it is. Said, she has every right to observe her own religious beliefs, but what happens if, for instance, if they allow somebody to turn their back on gay couples because of religion what about somebody who wants to discriminate against muslims,. Or instance if you have a judge that says they will not give a marriage license to a muslim couple because to do that would be an adjustment of islam you just cant do that. We are a nation of laws. Host the conversation is happening on twitter as well. It is cspanwj if you want to follow along. Jodi says, i do not like her using the government to make me practice their religion. Steve says, this could have been avoided if gays accepted civil unions by the state, instead of marriage. And, freedom of religion is just. If you members of congress weighing in on this as well. Degette, out of colorado, rights, im proud to live in a community where the county clerk willingly and probably issues all coloradans marriage licenses. Hartzler says that. He stands with kim davis bill is in michigan, line for democrats, calling in. Caller good morning. I think that last caller from West Virginia was spot on. For those of you who support this woman, consider if you walked into a restaurant or a grocery store, and the wages, coke, or cashier said, im sorry, i cannot take your order, or the cook says, i cannot cook this, or the clerk says, i cannot sell you this. And thissh or muslim, is i guess my religion. Would you then say, i respect your religious views . I dont think so. Like is that, the guy from West Virginia was spot on. This woman, she is wrong. She is not in jail because of her religious views. She is in jail because of abusing a judges order to do her job. Host how do you expect this will play out . Caller i dont know. I think this woman will eventually get tired of being in prison and say, im either going to resign, or say, since i will not do it, my clerks can do it. One of the two. Otherwise, as far as im concerned, she can stay in jail until she is an old lady. Host do you have something more to say . Caller her religious views are based on the bible, which is really a collection of tales, written on the order of the yearsconstantine, 300 after the death of a guy named jesus christ. Other stories in todays paper about this topic. Re is the Washington Post, college and Kentucky Town are on collision course your co moorehead, kentucky, a population of 10,000 that swells during the school year, and an lgbt community. Also in the Washington Post today, a story about gay marriage in australia. The story noted that last month, tony abbott, the Prime Minister of australia declared that lawmakers in his conservative coalition would have to stick to the party line and i oppose a bill to legalize samesex marriage. We are secure causes money on this topic. Gay marriage, religious freedom. Give us your views on this. Tim is an alabama, line for republicans. Caller hello. Yes. The Supreme Court has the decision passed the decision to allow samesex couples to marry. The Supreme Court is perverted in their view of marriage. It is against nature. It is perverted. It is unnatural. Im for standing up for her beliefs. It is against all the laws of nature. When i see this, it dis gusts made. Host it is now the law the land. What has been your reaction . Course ofeen the action for folks who feel like you do . Passed the Supreme Court a perverted decision. It is against nature. It is against the laws of nature. Yet, because the Supreme Court passed it does not make it right humanly rights. It is not right for a man to marry a man. Everything i see Something Like that, it just turns my stomach. Host what is the course of action that you take . Is it now individuals like kim davis using the religious freedom restoration act . Is that the path to go to fight this ruling . Sheler you look at it stood up for what she felt was her religious beliefs. If ministers across this country choose to stand up and speak out on their religious practices and you would throw half of these ministers in the country in jail. It is not right because the Supreme Court says so. It is unnatural. That is simple. It is not complicated. You can come up with all of these comparisons about food, other things, and it is not a comparison. You cannot compare it to white men marrying black wome