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Originally Posted by Guest
The U.S. Supreme Court made same sex marriage a civil right when it handed down its ruling. It will take an amendment or the Court overturning its own, recent decision to change that law. I don't see either happening in the near future, do you? Ms. Kim did not argue that she was following Kentucky law in refusing to issue the marriage license. She claimed religious freedom. Following Kentucky law became moot with the SC ruling. In this case, Federal law wins, whether we like it or not.
It really is time for y'all to suck it up, hitch up your big boy panties and accept that the law of this land allows same sex marriages, just as black-white marriages and integration are the law today.
Ms. Kim had options. She could have resigned. She could have had another clerk issue the license. Instead, she went the route of refusal and publicity. I'm surprised she didn't try to block the courthouse door.
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Civil rights are based on race and gender, not sexual deviants. The court said, it was discrimination against the sexual deviants if they wished to get married. The law is the law. But, if the state law says that marriage licenses will be issued to one man and one woman, that's the way it is until they change it, regardless of what the court says. The court can say that discrimination is illegal but the court can NOT make law. They can interpret the law only. The state has the right to NOT issue marriage licenses if they so desire, or they can be charged in violation of a court decision, but they can not lawfully charge that woman if she is following her job description. If the court charged her with issuing a marriage license wrongfully, then it would be an invalid license, regardless of her signature. Now, if the documentation she was proceeding on did not state the definition of marriage or the procedure for handling such marriages as defined, then she would be wrong and should have resigned if she did not wish to do her job. Her religious convictions are invalid when doing her job. If she feels that she can't perform her job based on religious convictions, then she is not a competent employee of the county and should be removed. I also feel the same way about Obama, but it's kind of hard to force an emperor to step down.