Tag: Liberty Counsel

Matt Barber speaking at USA Survival in 2015 (screenshot courtesy YouTube)

Religious Right Leader Thinks Defending A Rogue Sheriff Is The Christian...

When Donald Trump announced he was pardoning former Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, we knew that Trump's most diehard defenders would twist themselves...
Jerry Falwell in 1984 (image courtesy Deborah Thomas, part of public domain)

Jerry Falwell’s Law Firm Is In Trouble For Covering Up A...

It's been amply established that the religious right has abdicated any claim to being the self-declared moral guardians of the nation by its continued...
Mat Staver with his wife, Anita, at an Orlando Magic game (image from Staver's Facebook)

Kim Davis’ Attorney: You’re ‘Brainwashed’ If You Think Marriage Equality Is...

As it has become more apparent that the religious right is getting boatraced in the battle for marriage equality, the culture warriors' argument has...

After School Satan Club Coming To A Public School Near You...

Christianity has commingled with secular institutions throughout American history. For decades, that special privilege allowed practitioners of Christianity near unfettered access to public education....

‘Christian’ Attorney Says She Will Take Gun To Restroom So She...

Anita Staver is president of the extreme far right. pseudo-Christian law group known as the Liberty Counsel, and she just made a big announcement...

JUST IN: Kim Davis’ Attorneys Responsible For Anti-LGBT Bills In 20...

You may have noticed the sudden proliferation of anti-LGBT legislation in recent months, with many of the most highly publicized happening in Georgia, North...

RWNJ Claims Gays In America Are Imposing Islamic Tax On American...

Mat Staver is probably best known for being an attorney from the group Liberty Counsel who most famously defended the bigoted county clerk Kim...

The Absurd Push To Name Kim Davis TIME Magazine’s Person Of...

Since TIME magazine first started its Person of the Year issues in 1927, there have been many controversial picks. While TIME has named people...

Liberty Counsel Bullies School District Into Discriminating Against Transgender Students

An elementary school in Wisconsin has been forced to drop a book from their curriculum over threats of a lawsuit if they include it. Mount Horeb...
Mugshot of Kim Davis (courtesy Carter County Detention Center via NBC News)

Kim Davis’ Attorneys Throw In Towel, Admit Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Are...

For most of the summer, Kim Davis fought tooth and nail to keep from issuing marriage licenses to LGBT couples. The clerk of Rowan...
Oath Keepers patrolling in Ferguson last month (courtesy LA Times)

Kim Davis’ Legal Team Declines Offer From Oath Keepers Kooks To...

It initially appeared Kim Davis had finally come to her senses and ended her misguided refusal to issue any marriage licenses in protest of...
Mugshot of Kim Davis (courtesy Carter County Detention Center via NBC News)

Kim Davis: I’m At Risk For ‘Irreparable Injury’ If I Resume...

Kim Davis seemed to be showing signs of coming to her senses when she was released from jail on Tuesday. After all, the Rowan...
Mugshot of Kim Davis (courtesy Carter County Detention Center via NBC News)

KY Marriage License Farce Ends; Deputy Clerks Issue Licenses In Boss...

After two months, a lawless situation in Rowan County, Kentucky is finally over. Yesterday, county clerk Kim Davis was held in contempt of court...

U. S. Attorney Has ‘Grave Concerns’ About Homophobic KY Clerk’s Behavior

The obstinate refusal of Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis to issue marriage licenses to anyone in protest of the Supreme Court's decision in...
Camryn and Alexis Colen (courtesy The [Ashland] Independent)

Homophobic KY County Clerk Pwned By Trans Couple

The county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, Kim Davis, has become a darling of the religious right for refusing to grant marriage licenses to...

KY County Clerk Defies Court, STILL Won’t Issue Marriage Licenses To...

You may recall that last month, Kim Davis, the county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, made national news when she was caught on tape...