The Best (and Worst) Tweets About Kim Davis

When antigay Rowan County, Ky., clerk Kim Davis was taken into federal custody for contempt of court this morning, Twitter erupted.

Predictably, the response was divided between bemusement and brimstone, with many tweets painting Davis as a martyr for "religious freedom" in America. Here's some of the best — and worst — that Twitter had to offer: 

 

Kim Davis in federal custody removes all doubts about the criminalization of Christianity in this country. We must defend #ReligiousLiberty!

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 3, 2015

 

BREAKING: JUDGE ORDERS CHRISTIAN CLERK JAILED FOR FOLLOWING HER RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. http://t.co/VcfBc4vfop

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) September 3, 2015

 

Sorry, folks - I've got an infestation of anti-Christian vermin on my twitter feed right now. We're working on the issue.

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) September 3, 2015

 

If you try to use religion as your excuse not to follow the law, you're gonna go to jail. #KimDavis #SMITE

— God (@TheGoodGodAbove) September 3, 2015

 

 

Reality show for #KimDavis: "Dancing With The Bars" pic.twitter.com/R7FVQklI9b

— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) September 3, 2015

 

 

Meanwhile, Davis's legal counsel, the certified anti-LGBT hate group Liberty Counsel, didn't hold its tongue:

#KimDavis jailed for the crime of #BeingChristian #persecution in #America #Jesus

— Liberty Counsel (@libertycounsel) September 3, 2015

 

#LGBT formula: 1) Force affirmation of homosexual sin, 2) Christian refuses to disobey God, 3) Christian jailed for "contempt of court"

— Matt Barber (@jmattbarber) September 3, 2015

 

The criminalization of Christianity is at hand. Bow a knee before "LGBT" gods or face the fiery furnace http://t.co/V15Ia9UyL9 #homofascism

— Matt Barber (@jmattbarber) September 3, 2015

 

 

#KimDavis remember: Republican candidate Ben Carson said that going to jail makes people gay. So Jesus may have the last laugh after all.

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) September 3, 2015

 

We've reached a point where you can ignore laws if you're on the left's team and go to jail on the right. What day does the Civil War start?

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) September 3, 2015

And perhaps the most extreme response was not a tweet at all, but rather a Facebook rant from a former pastor who recently encouraged followers to fight the so-called gay agenda with semi-automatic rifles: