I wonder what happens if no one is willing to serve as clerk and issue those marriage licenses?
I don’t know but in the two Alabama counties I mention, they both just said that they’re out of the marriage license business.
The interesting thing is that if a state or county just stops issuing marriage licenses entirely, no one can say they are discriminating.
But that is only a short time fix. There will still be those who come in who “married” elsewhere, and they then demand recognition.