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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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Homosexuality has been with us for millennia , but for millennia every civilization in history has outlawed it in various ways, even if sometimes turning a blind eye to it. Marriage, applying natural law dating back to the Stoics, has always been understood to be between a man and a woman.
Thus, when someone argues the Supreme Ct (actually 5 lawyers with an agenda) in effect repeal what has been the natural law for 1000s of years, it's not hard to understand why most people have had enough. As in way more than enough ...