There is a familiar face behind all these bigoted 'bathroom bills' suddenly popping up

Jen Hayden

Daily Kos Staff

Friday April 15, 2016 · 8:04 AM PDT

2016/04/15 · 08:04

Kim Davis, flanked by Republic presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (L) and and Attorney Mathew Staver (R) speaks to her supporters after walking out of jail in Grayson, Kentucky September 8, 2015. U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered her release aft — Mike Huckabee, Kim Davis and Matthew Staver

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Fresh off his defense of Kim Davis, Kentucky’s well-known bigoted county clerk, attorney Matthew Staver set his sights on a solution to a nonexistent problem—enabling bigotry in the name of religion:

"It is only about being free to pursue your faith," said Mathew Staver. "We have no interest in discriminating against anyone."

Staver is the founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, which has affiliated attorneys in all 50 states -- drafting bills, advising lawmakers and defending clients in what they believe to be the great cultural clash of our time.

Matthew Staver doesn’t push back against the notion that these bills are a response to the Supreme Court legalizing marriage for all:

"The Supreme Court in the 5-4 opinion on marriage in 2015 lit the house on fire," Staver said. "All we're trying to do is control the fire at this point in time."

Why are so many lawmakers willing to pick up the bigoted ball and run with the bills Staver’s Liberty Counsel have written for them? Are they lazy? Are they bigots? Are they lazy bigots? Either way, this troubling trend of ultra-conservative organizations writing state laws has to end. Conservatives do well recruiting and fostering candidates at the state level and it’s time for the Democratic machine to do the same. Otherwise these never-ending bigoted bills are going to keep chugging their way through our state legislatures.

There is a familiar face behind all these bigoted 'bathroom bills' suddenly popping up

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