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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.

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.