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Here's some information on "Liberty Counsel", the 'Christian' legal group that is championing Kim Davis:
http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-liberty-counsel
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-.../2015/18-anti-gay-groups-and-their-propaganda
"Created in 1989, Liberty Counsel is affiliated with Liberty University Law School in Lynchburg, Va., a legacy of the late conservative icon Jerry Falwell. It was founded and is still chaired by Mathew (Mat) Staver, who also serves as director of the Liberty Center for Law and Policy at Liberty University, and provides legal assistance with regard to religious liberty, abortion and the family.
The organization may be best known for its campaigns to ensure that public displays of religion are maintained during the Christmas holiday, and it has adopted broad right-wing views, including the allegation that the Obama Administration has a socialist liberal agenda. But it also has focused heavily on anti-gay activism.
In 2009, J. Matt Barber, formerly with Concerned Women for America and Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (see above for both), joined Liberty Counsel as director of cultural affairs (also becoming Liberty Universitys associate dean for career and professional development). A year earlier, Barber had argued that given medical evidence about the dangers of homosexuality, it should be considered criminally reckless for educators to teach children that homosexual conduct is a normal, safe and perfectly acceptable alternative.
The Counsel also has been active in battling same-sex marriage, saying it would destroy the bedrock of society. In 2005, the groups blog said: People who
support the radical homosexual agenda will not rest until marriage has become completely devalued. Children will suffer most from this debauchery. A 2007 blog posting said same-sex marriage would severely impact future generations.
Like other anti-gay groups, Liberty Counsel argues that hate crime laws are actually thought crimes laws that violate the right to freedom and of conscience an opinion rejected by the Supreme Court. In fact, the laws raise penalties for crimes already on the books assault, murder and so on that were motivated by hatred of people based on their sexual orientation. They do not, and could not under the Constitution, punish people for voicing opinions.
Since 2006, Liberty Counsel has also run its Change is Possible campaign with Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays to protect people who say theyve changed from gay to straight from discrimination by intolerant homosexuals."