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John Kasich and Mike Huckabee are both hoping to earn the GOP presidential nominee. They have very different takes when it comes to the Kim Davis situation, however.
Davis is a clerk in Kentucky who was held in contempt of court and arrested after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. She cited “God’s authority.”
On Sunday, George Stephanopoulos with This Week took his chance to separately ask each candidate his thoughts on Davis.
In his response, Huckabee mentioned a “surrender to judicial supremacy” and “to judicial tyranny.” When asked if Kim Davis should have to follow “a legal order from the court,” Huckabee answered in part:
I mean, that’s the fundamental question. Do we have a check and balance system? Do we have three equal branches or do we have one supreme branch, not just the Supreme Court? That’s the fundamental question.
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So when is it that liberals get to choose which laws they support, but a county clerk in Kentucky who, acting on her Christian faith, is criminalized, jailed without bail, because she acted on her conscience and according to the only law that is in front of her.
John Kasich also appeared on This Week. His answer greatly varied from Huckabee’s, as he took a approach about following the law of the land after the Supreme Court ruling. He also spoke about Davis’ role as a government employee.
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Now, I respect the fact that this lady doesn’t agree, but she’s also a government employee. She’s not running a church. I wouldn’t force this on a church, but in terms of her responsibility I think she has to comply. I don’t think — I don’t like the fact that she’s sitting in a jail, that’s just absurd as well. But I think she should follow the law.
Huckabee and Kasich are in the same party, but with very different views. And it seems like they’re appealing to very different bases as this issue heats up.
