Posted on 09/01/2015 5:55:47 AM PDT by Nextrush
It happened in Kentucky minutes ago with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis explaining to a gay couple why she would not give them a marriage license....
Cameras were there......
As one of the last “Pogo” comic strips said before editors across our nation killed it;
“What good is it to be politically correct, if your morally wrong?”
Don’t look for Donald Trump to stand by her. He’s just fine with sodomite “marriage,” thinks it’s fabulous.
And that’s based on what? Has he said anything about this during his campaign?
I agree with you. Choosing God over Caesar is a good thing, but if Caesar pays your salary then you do what he says or find another job.
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I know what you are saying, but what this will boil down to is that if you are a Christian, you can’t hold a government job or you will violate your religious beliefs. That is what this is coming to. Some reading on this subject:
The Stupidity of Sophisticates - Mark Steyn
http://www.steynonline.com/7036/the-stupidity-of-sophisticates
....... try to imagine it’s early 1933. The National Socialist German Workers Party is the largest party in parliament and thus President von Hindenburg has appointed its leader, Herr Hitler, as Chancellor - not der Führer, just Chancellor, the same position Frau Merkel holds today. And the National Socialist German Workers Party starts enacting its legislative programme, and so a few weeks later the Civil Service Restoration Law is introduced. Under this law, Jews would no longer be allowed to serve as civil servants, teachers or lawyers, the last two being professions in which Jews are very well represented.
But that wily old fox Hindenburg knows a thing or two. So as president he refuses to sign the bill into law unless certain exemptions are made - for those who’ve been in the civil service since August 1st 1914 (ie, the start of the Great War), and for those who served during the Great War, or had a father or son who died in action. And the practical effect of these amendments is that hardly any Jew in the public service has to lose his job.
And so in April 1933 it would be easy to say, if you were a middle-class German seeking nothing other than a quiet life, that, yes, these National Socialist chappies are a bit uncouth, but the checks and balances are still just about working. What’s the worst they can do?
Paul von Hindenburg died the following year, and his amendments were scrapped.
That’s Germany’s civil service in 1933. What of America’s civil service in 2015?
So observant Christians will no longer be able to serve as town or county clerk. Are comparisons really so “lunatic”? The logic of the 1933 Civil Service Restoration Act is that the German public service will be judenrein. The logic of the 2015 Supreme Court decision is that much of the American public service will be christenrein - at least for those who take their Scripture seriously. That doesn’t strike me as a small thing - even if one thought it were likely to stop there.
Courageous!
Now, if we could find ONE Senate GROPe “looser” who had even 1/4 of her integrity .
” If her religion prevents her from doing her job then I don’t see how she can keep it.”
Can the Supreme Court fire her? The bigger issue is that the Supreme Court has opened the door to new class of criminals. If she can be held in Contempt then how many other US “citizens” will be subjected to punishment?
“I agree with her position on marriage, but don’t think that a govt official, acting in their official capacity, should be imposing their religious beliefs on others. If she doesn’t want to provide/process the licenses, why can’t she just have someone else in her office do it?”
Guess it was ok for Germans to go ahead and ok Nazi genocide because they had an official cappacity. The Germans who were prosecuted said they were just following orders!
Christianity did not proceed from the United States; the United States proceeded from Christianity.
The 1st Amendment guarantees our freedom to exercise our religion, if that guarantee is no longer valid then upon what franchise does the United States stand?
If the voice of the people to not have a say in our culture then the gov is not the servant of the people but rather their masters. And that is the definition of tyranny.
It’s a slippery slope. What about the illegal immigrants? Are they not ignoring an “unjust” law?
Perfectly stated and the crux of the matter. George Wallace was the last governor who tried this and he got the National Guard on him. But, racial segregation was not a Christian value, imo.
Attendance is favor.
KRS 402.080 - "No marriage shall be solemnized without a license therefor. The license shall be issued by the clerk of the county in which the female resides at the time, unless the female is eighteen (18) years of age or over or a widow, and the license is issued on her application in person or by writing signed by her, in which case it may be issued by any county clerk."
The law doesn't exclude same-sex marriage.
“No religious test shall be given”. - Article VI
-——county in which the female resides-—
those words would seem to prevent issuance to queers
God Bless her!
Freegards
LEX
Nothing exposes a bad law, especially one made from the bench illegally by people in black robes (they are so bold now that they have done away with their traditional hoods), than it’s vigorous enforcement.
I'll bet a dollar that Walt Kelly knew the difference between your and you're.
Poor lady. She made the right decision, though.
Agreed. I applaud her moral courage but if the rule of law can be overthrown by one person saying their religious beliefs trump court orders then what the hell are we gonna do when someone cites the Quran in defiance of the law?
She fought the good fight, but it’s over. The time has come to just find a subordinate who doesn’t mind issuing the licenses or consider resigning. It’s a sad day when Christians are likely to be barred by their religious faith from holding public office in this country.
What is her E-mail address? We could at least E-Mail support.
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