What exact part of the Bible is she following?

I’m asking Kim Davis to help us out.

Davis is head clerk of Rowan County Kentucky. She is now out of jail for not issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. Her office is issuing the licenses anyway &#8212 despite her sincerely-held religious objections.

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“I just want to give God the glory. His people have rallied and you are a strong people,” she told a crowd that greeted her as she exited jail.

She is obviously sincere in believing that she is following God’s law. And yet, she hasn’t specified exactly which law that is.

If she’s talking about the Old Testament passage declaring gay sex to be an abomination, that passage imposes the death penalty for the offense. But she let gay couples leave her office unharmed. So it can’t be that law.

There is a New Testament passage that seems to apply. It’s Romans, Chapter 13, and it says “Let everyone be subject to governing authorities. Whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgement on themselves.”

It sounds like it’s saying “Thou Shalt Obey the Supreme Court or else.” By the way, that’s the modern translation. The King James version is a little more ominous, stating “The palace that be are ordained of God, and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.”

That sounds pretty serious.

The Bible seems to be on the side of obeying the higher earthly authority, and yet she isn’t. Anyway, that’s why it would be helpful to those of us trying to understand what God wants, if those of you who already know would just be a little more specific about how you know. Thank you.