While Kentucky clerk Kim Davis continues to sit in jail after refusing to give out marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Mike Huckabee plans to stand up for her.
The former Arkansas governor announced Thursday that he will be heading up a “liberty rally” next Tuesday for the jailed county clerk in Kentucky.
According to his campaign, Huckabee will be joined by Matt Staver, the founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, who is representing Davis in court.
“This is a reckless, appalling, out-of-control decision that undermines the Constitution of the United States and our fundamental right to religious liberty,” Huckabee said in a statement. “Having Kim Davis in federal custody removes all doubt of the criminalization of Christianity in our country. We must defend religious liberty and never surrender to judicial tyranny.”
“What a world, where Hillary Clinton isn’t in jail but Kim Davis is,” Huckabee added.
Kim Davis in federal custody removes all doubts about the criminalization of Christianity in this country. We must defend #ReligiousLiberty!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 3, 2015
Huckabee has been the most vocal supporter of Davis in the GOP 2016 field, saying earlier Thursday on Twitter that Davis being put in jail “removes all doubts about the criminalization of Christianity” in the U.S.
