Martyr

What if Kim Davis wasn't religious?
What if she decided that she didn't want to give marriage certificates to gay/lesbian couples simply because she is a homophobe?
She would have been arrested even faster.

I submit that Kim Davis is not a victim of religious persecution but that her religious reasons for not issuing marriage licences to gay/lesbian couples actually kept her from being arrested.
Her religion gave her preferential treatment.

Calling the arrest of Kim Davis religious persecution is nothing more than a political ploy.
The people who work for her have stated she is in contact with out of state lawyers who are urging her to continue the fight against religious persecution.

This is religion using a somewhat stupid woman to gain political advantage.

She gains nothing but jail time... for a cause that is obviously false.
According to the judge, her religious reasons gave her more time before being jailed; not less.

There is no war on Christianity. Christianity is starting all the battles with political purpose; to change secular laws to religious laws.
It will gleefully see Christians jailed as martyrs.

I bet Kim Davis is glowing with religious rapture right now. She is martyring herself for God.
(And Christian politics.)