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Judi Lynn

(160,408 posts)
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 05:05 PM Sep 2015

Despite Fake Photo, Kim Davis’s Lawyers Say There Was A Giant Prayer Rally For Her

Source: Buzzfeed

Despite Fake Photo, Kim Davis’s Lawyers Say There Was A Giant Prayer Rally For Her

Lawyers for the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses said the massive event occurred on Sept. 13. On Tuesday, they admitted a photo they showed of the rally was from another event — and declined to provide any further evidence that it happened.


posted on Sept. 29, 2015, at 2:27 p.m.

A crowd of 100,000 people is all but guaranteed to leave a trace these days: Twitter posts, Facebook updates, or media reports. But those crumbs are apparently missing from a stadium-size prayer rally that Kim Davis’s lawyers said last week took place in Peru to show solidarity with the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Davis’s chief lawyer admitted Tuesday that a photo the law firm had used to prove the rally happened on Sept. 13 was fake — the photo was, rather, of a religious festival held more than a year before, in May 2014.

Still, Davis’s legal team on Tuesday stood by the underlying claim that prayer rallies had occurred for Davis in Peru. But details of their stories continuously shifted, and the lawyers failed to provide evidence that any prayer rally took place.

The photo came from Liberty Counsel — the law firm representing Davis and a self-proclaimed “Christian ministry.” Mat Staver and several of the organization’s other lawyers are defending her in a federal lawsuit that argues she should be allowed to withhold marriage licenses due to her moral objection to same-sex couples marrying.


Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/despite-fake-photo-kim-daviss-lawyers-say-there-was-a-giant#.hvjKG1nAp

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Despite Fake Photo, Kim Davis’s Lawyers Say There Was A Giant Prayer Rally For Her (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2015 OP
The actual photo> BlueJazz Sep 2015 #1
. LiberalElite Sep 2015 #14
lies and deceit are no longer sins nt msongs Sep 2015 #2
Here is what you need to know if a con is talking randys1 Sep 2015 #3
Peru? NV Whino Sep 2015 #4
That's what got me too underpants Sep 2015 #9
How stupid those lawyers must be to think the public is No Vested Interest Sep 2015 #5
Biggest crowd over-count since Simon Zealotes claimed 50,000 Jesus fans in JCSS. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2015 #6
Pathetic. Solly Mack Sep 2015 #7
A "Christian Ministry" provided a phony photo? louis-t Sep 2015 #8
He's right. COLGATE4 Sep 2015 #10
Just because they said Brazilians rallied, that isn't a number... Thor_MN Sep 2015 #11
They set themselves up as moral bastions then always prove to be casual liars, adulterers, serial Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #12
Un fkg believable LiberalElite Sep 2015 #13
Never seen so much kacekwl Sep 2015 #15
From her co-workers on Twitter davidpdx Sep 2015 #16
 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
11. Just because they said Brazilians rallied, that isn't a number...
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 07:14 PM
Sep 2015

Brazil, Peru, it's all the same to RWNJs.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
12. They set themselves up as moral bastions then always prove to be casual liars, adulterers, serial
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 07:19 PM
Sep 2015

vow breakers and so on. Every time. It's all of them. Make no mistake about it.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
16. From her co-workers on Twitter
Wed Sep 30, 2015, 05:45 AM
Sep 2015

Sitnexto Kim Davis ?@nexttokimdavis Sep 29
Goddamn @libertycounsel also claimed they brought 100,000 beers to my BBQ. It was just a fucking 6-pack.

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