Her good-faith belief is simply not a viable defense,” Bunning said. “Oaths mean things.”
Earth to Judge Bunning: She did take an oath - To uphold the U. S. Constitution AND the Constitution of the State of Kentucky and she is doing exactly that. Or do you imagine you and the Supreme Soviet also have the authority to invalidate or nullify State Constitutions?
Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Kentucky. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized.
Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1
Actually, that’s exactly what the US Constitution provides, though I think the founders would be amused at being called the “Supreme Soviet”:
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”
http://www.heritage.org/constitution#!/articles/6/essays/133/supremacy-clause