A federal judge said in a November 6 legal filing that former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis issued false responses about her assets in an inquiry to decide how she can repay her court-ordered payment of $565,000 to David Ermold and David Moore. Davis discriminated against the same-sex couple in 2015 when she illegally denied a marriage license to them, shortly after the US Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

Moore and Ermold said that the list of personal assets Davis shared with the court after it ordered her to pay the aforementioned sum was “materially false.” Davis said she owned no real estate, made no large transfers, and was not a beneficiary of any estate, WKYT reported. However, the couple said they discovered certified records in Rowan County showing that she had inherited 50% of her mother’s estate as well as signed deeds in 2025 transferring that property to her family members.

The men’s lawyers had asked Davis to produce documents “relating to any other real property you own, including deeds,” “reflecting transfers of property or assets made by you… in the past five years…exceeding $1,000,” and “reflecting any trusts or estate interests where you were designated as a beneficiary.”

In response, Davis submitted documents claiming that she “owns no real property” or any interest in real property, “made no transfers” that exceeded $2,000, and “is not designated as a beneficiary in any trust or estate.”

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    She hid them because she is a typical christen american. Married all those times and still thinks god always wants exactly what she wants.

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    She hid it because she was brainwashed that she’s righteous and feels wronged by the courts. She claims to follow her chosen, invented supernatural laws, but ignores the ones she wants to. Hypocrisy is a huge part of the dualistic, supernatural systems with conditional belonging, to fit in the unhealthy tribes. She thinks she has the right to punch down on people the indoctrination says are lower than her. In her cult, gay men are lower than multi-divorced woman, apparently. Perhaps she doth protest too much and is Kinsey scale 1-6 herself, and resents all the people who enjoy their same-gender attractions, and who left the toxic, unhealthy systems behind, freed with the real truth.

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    Davis, a conservative Christian who has been married four times, initially told the couple that she was acting “under God’s authority” when she refused to issue the license because she believes marriage is only between a man and a woman.

    This was always the punchline to me. A Karen can be married four times and still think her opinion on the sanctity of marriage is worthy enough to dictate other people’s ability to get married.

    I mean, the hypocrisy is very christian, but it’s always funny to see those details mentioned in the same sentence.

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    Court gives Kim Davis four days to explain why she hid her assets

    I can think of a few…

    to avoid paying a gay couple $565K

    Oh, so you already knew the answer.

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    “Your Honor, I hid my assets because that’s a fuckload of money that I don’t want taken from me.”

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    You’ll find the answer to your question “Why did she hide her assets to avoid paying gay couple?” within the question… To avoid paying gay couple

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          If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.

          A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

          Roald Dahl, The Twits

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            Yeah, this concept and this specific quote especially make me feel uneasy, as it implies anyone looking good and charismatic is a good person. I don’t think it generally works that way :(

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              It doesn’t, and you are completely right that attaching attractiveness and morality is obviously extremely flawed.

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              Read it again. It specifically points out that even if your facial features are “ugly” it’s your demeanor that is actually what your face shows holistically.

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                Ew. I’m ND and it shows on my face. It’s a nightmare that people judge me based on their perception of my physical features. You’re not on to something here :/

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                  I’m explaining a quote from a children’s book. Not promulgating some universal absolute truth.

                  Also, doing so in the context of one particular person.

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                It also implies, that if a person is not ugly they are not thinking ugly thoughts every moment of their time. Which is false

                Edit: I mean, I can see how it tries to imply that uglyness is not in the actual facial features, but it’s demonstrated in research that people treat others at face value

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                  Then, frankly, those people should read more children’s books and watch less (American) TV.

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          I don’t mean to imply that you should judge people based on their face, never do that.

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    I cannot wait for the court to take her assets. What an evil hypocrite ‘christian’. May she burn in the hell she believes in. I hope she is homeless for decades up until her death.

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    That’s rediculously large fine though. Something I would expect as compensation for crime as serious as causing wrongful death.

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      Each of the two plaintiffs got $50k each, most of the rest is a decade of legal costs that she’s liable for.

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        So what you’re saying is if she had just bit the bullet originally she’d have been more or less fine. Don’t really get why she didn’t, since even if you think you’re in the right there’s a point when cutting your losses is the optimal strategy.

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        https://fluentslang.com/iokiyar-meaning/ says: ‘It’s Okay If You’re A Republican.’

        Also, lol:

        How to reply: If someone uses iokiyar in a conversation with you and you have a different political viewpoint, it’s important to approach the conversation respectfully. You can express your own perspective and engage in a constructive dialogue.

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          Idk how to have a dialogue with them at this point, if they were reasonable (literal definition) they would hold different opinions and evidence would impact their decisions and opinions.

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      She hasn’t really gotten away with anything, ever. And she’s not going to get away with this either. The judge was onto her bullshit from the very beginning.