I get that the judge felt that a fine would be pointless given the inevitable gofundme response from fundies. But applying steadily increasing fines for each day she refuses to do her job would have been preferable to jail, which even the affected couples did not want to see happen to her. Also, that way, a steady stream of money could have been transferred daily from disgusting religious people and into the treasury of a county where 29% of its residents live below the poverty line.
It seems that the US District Judge who sent her to jail is a Republican appointee, who is personally opposed to gay marriage 
And Kim Davis was elected as a Democrat. We are through the looking glass here.
