As rough as jail may seem, here are some key things to keep in mind

[Kurska]

1. No one is trying to force her to violate her religious beliefs, even if she deeply believes granting a same sex marriage would violate her religious beliefs, she can always resign.
2. The judge isn't demanding she personally grant marriages, he said she could get out by instructing her staff to do it.
3. She divorced 3 times. If another judge had rejected her divorce on religious grounds, would she have found that fair? She has benefited from secularism 3 times, yet she refuses to grant that to other people.
4. She is instructing her ENTIRE office to not give same sex marriages. It isn't just about her, it is about her attempting to use her power to run a government institution according to her religious beliefs.

[Historic NY]

1. She just couldn't get the "Render unto Ceasar part" of the bible..

[Warpy]

11. Or the part about "judge not lest ye be judged"

She certainly hasn't read the bits about divorce and adultery being committed on remarriage afterward.

She's a typical Cafeteria Christian whose only exercise of her religion seems to be to bully other people into following the parts she finds convenient.

And, as the OP pointed out, she's only issuing civil licenses, not performing the religious marriage part of it. Perhaps she needs to leave that sort of discretion up to her preacher.

[napi21]

2. Judge says she will stay in jail until she agrees to his order.

She said "I will NEVER AGREE TO THAT!" Have a good time behind those bars tootsie.

[dumbcat]

4. It's a shame a democrat has to go to jail

to protect RW religious nut jobs.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Not all Democrats are good or sane.

I don't care what political party she's registered with.

[Nay]

8. You're kidding, right? She's one of those DINOs. There are very few real

Democrats who'd pull the shit she's been pulling.

[napi21]

13. I don't think she considers herself a Dem. anymore.

I read a report somewhere (sorry I don't remember where) that when her FIL died, she was completely reborn into the church. Apparently that absolves her of her 4 mariages, out of wedlock sex, etc. I bet if yu asked her now, she would claim her membership in the Dem. Party went the way of her prior bad behavior.

[el_bryanto]

3. She refused to obey a court order

Seems open and shut to me. Set aside the issue of whether she should do her job or not (she clearly should and she should be removed from office if she refuses to do so) - if a Judge orders you to do something you have to do it. Allowing someone to refuse to obey a judge would be a terrible precedent, no matter what the justification.

Bryant

[longship]

7. Yup! Bryant. Pretty simple.

And judges tend to get a bit surly when somebody refuses their orders.

[hifiguy]

10. It is just that simple.

You do NOT, under any circumstances, look at an order from a federal judge and tell the judge, in effect, to stick his order where the monkey put the nuts. And that is what she did. Have fun in the Big House, Kimmy.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

6. Let her look at the bright side - -

She may find true love in jail (or even husband number 4 or 5 or whatever)

[PeoViejo]

9. Would a Truckers' Wallet be an appropriate wedding gift?

..or would a pair of them be better?

[mnhtnbb]

12. She is also violating the tenets of her own fundy church.

See my thread. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027136238

A rabbi did a little research--into the Statement of Faith from the Apostolic Christian Church--
and it instructs its members to obey government.

Huh. Pretty obvious something else is going on here than just her pretense of "following God".

[phylny]

14. Thanks for this!