‘Kisses For Kim’ campaign fights Kim Davis with love

A trio of US comedians have come up with a novel way to combat the bigotry of Kim Davis, who’s emerged as a twisted hero for anti-marriage equality campaigners after she was briefly jailed last week for repeatedly refusing to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples.

Rather than fighting fire with fire, the comics want to drown out Davis with a chorus of love: #KissesForKim, to be exact.

“There’s a lot of hate being thrown around,” comedian Matt Ott, who wrote and created the video for the campaign along with Jericho Davidson and Mike Albanese and identifies as straight, told The Huffington Post in an interview. “I think there’s a way to address people that you disagree with that can be civil. This is hopefully fun and civil.”

Ott said he and his friends have a simple message for Kim Davis: “Love will always win.”

It’s already taking off on social media, as you’ll see below. Look, it’s been a long week – why not grab your nearest pal for a sneaky pash and document the results?

#kissesforKim #queer pic.twitter.com/nqBiwkRnVU

— Sam ⓥ (@thecheshiresam) September 18, 2015

My roommates are bananas for #kissesforkim! Spread that love! pic.twitter.com/1KEb7OIcom

— Rachel Holland (@rachelope) September 18, 2015

#kissesforkim pic.twitter.com/SReCR6Cala

— Peggy O'Leary (@aunt_peggyo) September 17, 2015

I did this more because it was @AnthonyDeVito_ but yea social justice too. #kissesforkim pic.twitter.com/KeZV0nEOlh

— Grant Gordon (@gograntgordon) September 17, 2015

https://twitter.com/LSemicolon/status/644530550754054144

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