Madonna's gay brother Christopher Ciccone defends Kentucky clerk Kim Davis

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Christopher Ciccone, 54, posted a Facebook message saying Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis should be given right to deny licenses
He cited her 'religious freedom' and acknowledged she has right to follow federal law but wrote why should she when other civil authorities do not
Ciccone said: 'Is it so difficult to allow this women (sic) her religion?...or must we destroy her in order for here (sic) to betray her faith'
Davis' husband, Joe, said on Saturday his wife was 'holding up real good' and was prepared to sit in prison for months

Published: 08:47 EST, 6 September 2015 | Updated: 11:00 EST, 6 September 2015

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Madonna's gay brother has defended the jailed Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples.

Christopher Ciccone, 54, posted a message to Facebook on Friday saying Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis should be given the right to deny the licenses citing her 'religious freedom', according to the Hollywood Reporter.

'Is it so difficult to allow this women (sic) her religion?...or must we destroy her in order for here (sic) to betray her faith,' he wrote.

'No matter how we judge its truth. The rights we have all fought for, mean nothing, if we deny her hers.'

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Christopher Ciccone (left), 54, posted a message to Facebook on Friday saying Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis (right) should be given the right to deny the licenses citing her 'religious freedom'

In his lengthy Facebook post (shown above), he wrote: 'Is it so difficult to allow this women (sic) her religion?... or must we destroy her in order for here (sic) to betray her faith. No matter how we judge its truth. The rights we have all fought for, mean nothing, if we deny her hers'

In his Facebook post he said that Davis deserves as much support as one would give her if she was a Muslim woman who refused for example gay marriage licenses and divorce, noting that 'perspective is everything'.

He then continued by acknowledging she is required to follow federal law but said why should she when the Department of Justice and other civil authorities do not.

'This woman is a civil servant, she is required to follow federal law.....but why should she....when DOJ and other civil authories (sic) don't follow federal law when they choose not to.....i.e. Washington State and Colorado (POT) come to mind...or the abstract notion of "sanctuary cities".....i always thought that sanctuary was the province of churches.'

Ciccone also said that if the county residents do not want her as their county clerk then they should not have voted for her stating through elections, 'that is how a democracy works'.

He continued by asking 'since when were we the arbiter of other people's faith?'

Ciccone, pictured with his sister Madonna, said that if the county residents do not want Davis as their county clerk then they should not have voted for her stating through elections, 'that is how a democracy works'

Davis (pictured as she is escorted to the Carl Perkins Federal Courthouse) met with her attorneys in jail on Friday and told them she would 'never violate her conscience or betray her God'

Siblings: Christopher Ciccone is pictured with his sister Madonna at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 1998

'Can you honestly say that you know how much a person is allowed to have??..if i'm not mistaken, it's in the constitution.....something about religious freedom or something......selective shaming and bullying corrupts a democracy....freedom of press, speech and religion give it strength,' he wrote.

'Not to mention reason and the god given compassion we as humans have a right and responsibility to practice.

'Once again, the gay community feels the need to be sore winners.'

At least three same-sex couples in Kentucky will spend the weekend planning weddings after finally receiving the marriage licenses they asked for months ago but were denied because Davis believes gay marriage is a sin.

'If I'm not mistaken, it's in the constitution.....something about religious freedom or something......selective shaming and bullying corrupts a democracy....freedom of press, speech and religion give it strength,' Ciccone wrote

The Rowan County Clerk's office issued the licenses to same-sex couples on Friday under threat of jail time or fines if they didn't comply with a federal judge's order.

Davis met with her attorneys in jail on Friday and told them she would 'never violate her conscience or betray her God'.

U.S. District Judge David Bunning has said he will not release Davis unless she agrees to obey his order.

Davis' attorneys said the only way she would relent would be to change Kentucky's state law so that marriage licenses are not issued under the authority of the county clerk.

On Saturday, her husband, Joe Davis, told Daily Mail Online that she was 'holding up real good' and was prepared to sit in prison for months after being jailed for refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay couples.

He added that his wife was in good spirits and 'holding strong' when he spoke to her from her jail cell at Carter County Detention Center in Grayson on Friday.

Davis' husband, Joe (pictured as he speaks to supporters of his wife outside the detention center on Saturday), told Daily Mail Online that she was 'holding up real good' and was prepared to sit in prison for months after being jailed for refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay couples