Christian nationalists’ tendency to blame enforcement of separation of religion and government in the face of mass shootings and national tragedies is nothing new. In the curious theology of many fundamentalist Christians, God apparently gets so upset over the lack of compulsory, government-sponsored prayer in public schools and other institutions that he occasionally lashes out with horrifying mass shootings, acts of terrorism, natural disasters, wars and other plagues.

Failed presidential candidate Mike Huckabee blamed the recent mass shootings on people who 'are utterly disconnected from any sense of identity with their Creator and with his love for them and his love for the people that they hate.'

Kim Davis was never a martyr, never a hero. She’s simply a person who decided to wield her narrow and dogmatic views as a weapon to lash out at others and discriminate against them. Had she been unable to fulfill the duties of her government job, the right thing for her to do was to resign.