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‘It’s absurd’: Rand Paul blasts Kim Davis’ jailing over gay ‘marriage’

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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has been arrested and taken to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples this afternoon. After repeatedly refusing to give such a license to gays and lesbians, a federal judge found her in contempt of court and sentenced her to jail time rather than assessing a fine.  As she was escorted out of the courtroom to jail, homosexuals began chanting, "Love won! Love won!"  As the scene played out, her U.S. senator, Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul , said the decision was unwarranted, violated religious liberty, and would further polarize the country on the issue of same-sex "marriage." "I think it's absurd to put someone in jail for exercising their religious liberty," Sen. Paul, R- KY , told CNN. "If you want to convince people that same-sex 'marriage' is something that's acceptable I would say try to persuade people" instead of using state force. He also warned

Juno’ actress Ellen Page accosts Ted Cruz over LGBT rights. His response is a must-see (video)

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Hollywood stars often confront conservative politicians for holding to traditional morality - but they seldom give those conservatives a chance to respond. On Friday, the actress Ellen Page questioned Senator and Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz about his policies for " LGBT people being fired for just strictly being gay or trans[gender]." "We're seeing Bible-believing Christians being persecuted for living according to their faith,"Cruz replied, citing the case of Dick and Betty Odgaard, the Iowa couple who lost their business for refusing to participate in a same-sex "wedding" ceremony. "We're a country that respects pluralism and diversity, and there is this liberal intolerance that says that anyone who follows a Biblical teaching...must be persecuted, must be fined, must be driven out of business." Page then cited homosexuals being jailed in the past in some states. Cruz responded that America is far from an