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Kentucky Clerk Is Jailed For Refusal to Issue Marriage Licenses As A Result Of Her Religious Beliefs

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How? It's a simple rule of law. She took an oath swearing to uphold the law, and swore to perform all lawful duties of her office. If she refuses to perform those duties on any grounds, she should either resign or be jailed until she either complies with the law or resigns. The judge gave her the option of not performing those duties herself, but simply allowing her staff to. The judge has gone above and beyond what the law requires, and possibly created a dangerous loophole in the process, yet she insists upon violating the lawful duties of her office.

 

Religion does not play into government decisions, period. The First Amendment guarantees that. If she has a problem with the job duties on religious grounds, she should resign. If she insists on violating the law, then she should sit in prison until she resigns, is impeached or follows the law.

 

 

 
 

  Like I previously said,  if I were in her position,  unless I received legal advice to do otherwise,  I would resign.   But there's absolutely no circumstance in the world that would lead me to issue the licenses or have someone else in the department issue them as long as I'm head of the department.   


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Kentucky Clerk Is Jailed For Refusal to Issue Marriage Licenses As A Result Of Her Religious Beliefs - by D6 - 09-08-2015, 02:29 PM



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