Kim Davis: Why a Billboard Was Waiting For Her

As Kim Davis returns to work, a billboard addressed to her in her hometown is the latest sign that America takes its culture wars to the streets.

By Published on September 15, 2015

Kim Davis is back at work after serving time in a Kentucky jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs. But her cause will now be fought out on billboards.

A billboard near the Rowan County clerk’s office where she works reads, “Dear Kim Davis, the fact that you can’t sell your daughter for three goats and a cow means we’ve already redefined marriage.”

The sign is in reference to the Bible verse Exodus 21:7, which states, “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.” The scripture does not mention farm animals of any variety, but it refers to the fact that a male Jew sold into service to pay a debt was released after seven years, but a master could marry his female slave, meaning she stayed for life.

The billboard is the work of Planting Peace, a nonprofit organization that describes its aim as “spreading peace in a hurting world.” The organization’s president told NBC News the billboard cost $500 and will remain on the Rowan County road for one month. Planting Peace released a statement to explain the Biblical reference. The movement against LGBT marriage, the statement reads, uses a “rigid interpretation” of scripture to pick and choose what they wish to condemn while ignoring scriptures with social practices no group in 21st-century America condones.

Read the article “Kim Davis: Why a Billboard Was Waiting For Her” on csmonitor.com.

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