Kim Davis, Rowan County clerk, cries after her release Tuesday from the Carter County Detention Center in Kentucky. She met a crowd of supporters with GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, left, and Mathew D. Staver of Liberty Counsel, the Christian law firm representing her.
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No hero
Kim Davis is neither a hero nor a martyr in our book. The sobbing, pious and defiant Kentucky county clerk gained national attention after spending five days in jail rather than issuing marriage licenses to same sex-couples.