Christian conservative Bryan Fischer on
Monday called for the impeachment of the federal judge who sent
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis to jail.
U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning
found Davis, the elected clerk of Rowan County, in contempt for
refusing to comply with his ruling ordering her to issue marriage
licenses to all qualified couples. Davis has stated that issuing
marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples would violate her
conscience.
Fischer told his radio listeners that
Bunning should be removed from office for supposedly imposing a
“religious test” on Davis.
“He imposed a religious test on Kim
Davis,” Fischer said. “He said if your religion does not allow
you to affirm homosexual behavior and homosexual marriage, you can't
work here.”
“So, basically, he instituted a ban
on Christians serving in public office because of your religion. I'm
applying a religious test to you. You've got to have a religious
view that is okay with gay marriage or you are not going to
be allowed to serve in public office.”
“It would be appropriate for Judge
Bunning to be impeached and to be removed from office,” Fischer
added.
Bunning, however, was satisfied with
deputy clerks issuing the marriage licenses.
Writing at Right
Wing Watch, Kyle Mantyla responded to Fischer: “It is Davis, of
course, who is imposing her religious views on everyone else, but
Fischer thinks that not allowing her to do that amounts to the
imposition of an unconstitutional religious test.”