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ROWAN COUNTY, KY, September 4, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) — The front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination believes that Kim Davis deserved to be jailed.

Shortly following Kim Davis' arrest on Thursday afternoon, Hillary Clinton retweeted a story about Davis' arrest for refusing to issue marriage licenses to homosexual couples, saying all elected officials “should be held to their duty to uphold the law – end of story.”

The White House seconded that assessment. The punishment – jail time, rather than a fine – was “appropriate,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said during his daily press briefing on Thursday.

The Obama administration spokesperson went on to say that “the principle of the rule of law is central to our democracy.”

Calls to imprison Christians who refuse to participate in same-sex “marriage” have intensified on the Left since the late June Supreme Court decision that imposed same-sex “marriage” on the nation.

As Davis was taken out of the federal court room to her jail cell, gay activists yelled, “Love won! Love won!”

Shortly after her arrest, opinion writer E.J. Montini wrote that Davis “was found in contempt of court and sent to jail. Good.”

Their position could hardly contrast more sharply with those of some Republican presidential contenders.

Mike Huckabee is holding a #ImWithKim rally in Kentucky on Tuesday to support Davis, who remains in jail today.

Sen. Ted Cruz has said the arrest – which was ordered by a Republican-appointed federal judge – constituted “judicial tyranny.”

Not all Republicans agree, though. Chris Christie said that he would demand that clerks participate in the public recognition of same-sex “marriage” regardless of their religious convictions. Lindsey Graham and Carly Fiorina have had similar sentiments.