Kentucky Clerk Denies Marriage Licenses | Update: Clerk Freed w/Warning!

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padib said:

Puppyroach said:

So you seriously think that the government (which she is as a county clerk) should have the ability to refuse people who eat shrimp the right to marry? Wow, just... wow.

And who are you to say she didn´t cause harm? That the person she, as a governmental figure, refused didn´t feel persecuted because that persons rights felt trampled upon?

I think that, if it's her belief, she should be allowed to practice it.

A person's belief is a very personal thing, much like sexual orientation.

I might just be too progressive.

The difference in harm is significant. In one case she is jailed, in the other the person simply jumps to the next clerk.

If you have a belief that doesn't allow you to do your job the perfectly standard response is firing.  Since she's an elected official she can't be fired, therefore legal ramifications are the only option.  You can't be a muslim food inspector and refuse to touch pork, you can't be a wiccan lumberjack and refuse to cut down trees, and you can't be a christian county clerk and refuse to marry people.  If you can't do your job you need to resign or your employer will do whatever they can to get you out of the way so others can do your job.