Discussion for article #238252
Just resign. Thanks!
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Then resign and find a new job.
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This is bigger than a clerk. This judge will presumably hear cases involving gays, and now gays would have to be concerned that he’ll rule against them out of sheer bias. It’s not reasonable to expect the court system to carefully steer such cases away from him and give him just the cases involving people he likes. He has no business on the bench.
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I’m sorry, are you a pastor? Did this take place in a church? Was it a religious ceremony?
If the answer to these questions is “No” (and it is), then you don’t get to claim your religious beliefs are being compromised. This is a civil service. Either serve the public, or GTFO.
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“The declination was based upon my personal and Christian beliefs established over many years.¨
Poor Christ. It’s astounding how many acts of assholery are committed in his name.
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If you’re a Christian and a sitting judge, presiding in a court room, you follow secular law, not the bible. And if you’re a judge and don’t know that, you’re a fucking moron. Don’t like to follow the law? Then resign.
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“An Ohio judge refused to conduct a same-sex marriage in his court this week, the latest instance of local officials refusing marriages on religious grounds….”
Help! Help! I’m being repressed! Come and see the violence inherent in equality!
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There was a time in the not too distant past that Christianity was used as a basis for not allowing people of your race to marry others of a different race. Remember that idiot? Christianity was often used as a justification for slavery. Did you know that moron?
Just resign and live off your pension which these evil gay people pay with their taxes. If you were such a true Christian than of course I am sure you will decline that pension due to it being funded by the same people your religion says you should not marry. Hypocrite.
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“The declination was based upon my personal and Christian beliefs established over many years.”
Translation: I’ve been a bigot for so long I’m using it as an excuse to continue my bigotry; as if that makes it better.
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“The declination was based upon my personal and Christian beliefs established over many years. I apologize to the couple for the delay they experienced and wish them the best.”
You can’t blame the guy. You pick up the Bible and look for passages that mention either lesbians or female-female sex and they’re everywhere. There must be 537 of them.
Oh, wait. That’s not true; lesbians aren’t mentioned in the Bible at all. I guess he’s just making shit up.
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As long as he rotates to retirement he is free to opt out.
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I’d be okay if they gave up their publicly-funded job we ALL pay our taxes for.
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How do we know that Jesus wasn’t gay?
He supposedly lived till he was 33, never married and hung around a lot of men! i don’t ever recall reading about the women in his life!
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If his religious beliefs prevent him from doing his job, he should get another job. It’s that simple.
Once this starts, where does it end? Can he, say, refuse to marry a Jewish or Muslim couple because it offends his Christian beliefs? Refuse to allow a non-Christian household to adopt because his beliefs tell him children must be raised Christian or be damned?
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Just step aside sir. Your services are no longer needed.
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Disbar him!
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The bible is silent on whether he was married or not.
If he was, it was almost certainly Mary Magdalene.
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So, does he think it would be O.K. for a judge to refuse to marry interracial couples as long as that judge’s reasons were “based upon [their] personal and Christian beliefs established over many years?” In other words, is he consistent in his asinine approach to justice, or is he just a total fucking hypocrite?
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Love it!
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