Discussion for article #238026
So religious beliefs trump the rights of the people?
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Actually you go in, find the biggest cracker who works there and FORCE them to gay-marry you.
Teabaggers have this THING about force.
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Not according to the state AG who apparently isn’t giving them cover.
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They should both be fired for willingly refusing to do their jobs.
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“I respect their position — the gay community’s — that that is how they want to live … but I would ask for for the same respect for my decision,”
GFY and DIAF. The ONLY “decision” YOU made that is at issue here is YOUR “decision” to become a public servant, and assume ALL of the obligations that obviate your “rights” to act in a way that discriminates against others when acting in your official capacity. End of story.
Fire them, arrest them, fine them, hold them in contempt…let’s get it on!!! I wanna hear whimpering Christian nutjobs on every fucking corner crying about their fears of FEMA camps, incarceration, civil liabilities and persecution. Now.
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It’s simple…if they cannot do their duty according to the law, then they must quit. If they refuse to quit, then they should be fired.
Out of a cannon
Into the sun…
Well, not the last bit.
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Religion-the new excuse for laziness
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From the standpoint of our Founding Fathers, I think this kind of situation exactly carries out the separation of church and state. If your personal religion prohibits you from acting in good faith for the state, then you should not be part of the state.
Go cloister yourself within the church that same Constitution protects and don’t come out.
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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis told WKYT, “It is my deep conviction and belief that God ordained marriage between a man and a woman. I can’t be a part of this.”
Then resign from your job. No one is forcing you to stay. If you feel that strongly then remove yourself from a public office. It’s quite simple.
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Good
Two pink slips, aisle 9, stat.
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Crucify her! Crucify her!
I love quoting the Bible!
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Who has the authority to fire these clerks for not doing their jobs?
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“I can’t be a part of this.”
Then you’re not a part of this job. Done.
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Call the police and ask that they be arrested. Call your lawyer and start a civil suit. Complain to the top elected official and demand that the clerks be fired for disobeying the law of the land now instead of after the local government pays its big settlement.
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The state AG is a Democrat who refused to contest the original federal court ruling overturning the ban, forcing the governor (also a Democrat) to hire an outside attorney to argue the case before the Supreme Court.
And the best their hired gun could come up with was:
Kentucky
In a brief defending the state’s ban on gay marriage, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) (pictured above) argued that the ban is not discriminatory because the state does not allow gay or straight people to marry someone of the same sex.
“Kentucky’s marriage laws treat homosexuals and heterosexuals the same and are facially neutral. Men and women, whether heterosexual or homosexual, are free to marry persons of the opposite sex under Kentucky law, and men and women, whether heterosexual or homosexual, cannot marry persons of the same sex under Kentucky law,” Leigh Gross Latherow, Beshear’s lawyer, wrote in the brief.
3 Bizarre State Briefs Defending Gay Marriage Bans - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Talk about wasting the taxpayers’ money …
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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis told WKYT, “It is my deep conviction and belief that God ordained marriage between a man and a woman. I can’t be a part of this.”
Then, I guess you will need to find another job.
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Be prepared to be fired. When you are a public servant, you service ALL of the public. If you don’t like it, find another job. This is NOT a theocracy but it is a SECULAR nation.
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It is my deep conviction and belief
Baloney. As soon as you learn that you don’t have legal cover to refuse to do your job, your deep conviction will go “poof”.
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