Dear Kim Davis,
Hello, my name is Mollie Cahillane and I’m a junior at Northwestern University. I’m writing to you in regards to your recent refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. As a queer American woman, I have some thoughts.
I admire your ability to stand tall in the face of adversity. I admire the strength of your convictions. Believe it or not, I even agree, “you can’t be separated from something that’s in your heart and in your soul.” But here’s why you’re wrong.
Your belief that same-sex marriage is a sin is antiquated and hypocritical. You believe gay marriage is destroying traditional marriage, but haven’t you been married four times? You were even willing to go to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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You’ve been lauded for your homophobic beliefs and you’re now regarded as the queen of the bigots. Your constituents are poorly educated, and dare I say it, morons. Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz admires you. The man attempting to defund Planned Parenthood (a.k.a. taking away affordable healthcare for women) is also homophobic. In one fell swoop you’ve undermined the LGBT community and 50 percent of the population.
Kentucky, your home state, one of the most conservative states in this country, found you in contempt of court. You went to prison for being intolerant. But, you did get a hashtag out of it. (Plus a great parody onTwitter).
Kim, your beliefs are your beliefs. I may disagree with you but I know I can’t convince you that you’re wrong, so I’m not going to try. But you must have heard of separation between church and state. You hold a public office. Why do you believe you’re above the law? You have not gone to jail for practicing your religion. You went to jail for attempting to use the government to force others to practice your religion.
And now I hear that after all of this, you’re still forcing your personal ideology on Kentucky. Kim, straight people sued you. Your deputies went behind your back while you were in prison and altered the marriage licenses. What if my religion believed women from Kentucky named Kim shouldn’t have the right to marry?
After you got out of jail, you changed the marriage license form to remove the office’s authority. My guess is you’re headed back to jailand your plight for bigotry will begin to fade in the conscious of society. You might have the vocal homophobic minority on your side for now, but times are changing and my generation doesn’t take you seriously.
So this is the last you’ll be hearing from me, Kim. And don’t worry; you’re not invited to my wedding.
Yours,
Mollie Cahillane