I'm Asking: Please Stop Slut Shaming Kim Davis

As a member of the community the Rowan county clerk seeks to oppress, and as someone who in fact has a marriage certificate not from her home county or even state because of similar oppression, I ask, please: stop slut shaming Kim Davis. At issue is not her past sexual history, but her current refusal to do her job.

If she were the perfect picture of chastity according to her religion and every religion, what she is doing would still be illegal and immoral. If having made one or three or four or seven mistakes prevented any of us from having sincere religious beliefs, I suspect all places of worship would be empty. Kim Davis is entitled to her past, to her current religious beliefs, and to the belief that the deity she worships has forgiven her. None of that is the issue. 

And while I have only ever been with my wife, if I hadn't, that would not invalidate my request for a marriage license. The law doesn't require chastity. And the law doesn't rely on religion. And Kim Davis is not required by law to remain county clerk, nor is she entitled to remain county clerk by right if she is unwilling or unable to complete the tasks required. 

She deserves jail time and fines for contempt, but her sexual history does not condemn her. Neither does mine. Neither does yours.

So stop slut shaming her, friends. Let's commit to being better.