Yes we are! But there is no law in Kentucky as the legislature is not in session so none has even been considered.
Current law prohibits the issuance of marriage licenses to gays.
The Supreme court does not have the ability to make new law. Only the legislature can do that or congress.
This woman was caught in a moral dilemma. The fed court is trying to ram this scotus decision up everyones backside. If this had been the law before she ran and was elected to office she would not have run.
What is happening in Kentucky and some other states that have already folded up like cheap tents, is blatantly unconstitutional. The only way we can address this is by ignoring the decision and petitioning our reps to do the same. If that does not work then all you have left is to fall on your sword and refuse.
Government offices of personnel, and those of private companies as well are currently requires to attempt to adjust the working environments for those with religious sensitivity's. they did not even consider that in this case. They are in error and they are illegal and unconstitutional. This is political brinkmanship. Nothing more or less.
And it's obscene.
The Supreme Court can invalidate laws that are held to be unconstitutional.
But there is no law in Kentucky as the legislature is not in session so none has even been considered.
It's not anarchy when the legislature is in recess. Kentucky has marriage laws. The Supreme Court has held that laws that forbid whites marrying blacks are unconstitutional. The legislature does not then have to convene in order for blacks and whites to marry once the Supreme Court has invalidated an unconstitutional law.
It's typical for unconstitutional laws to be repealed, but the idea that a county clerk can ignore whatever laws she doesn't like is anarchy. The county is not her fiefdom. The Constitution holds federal law supreme, and the Congress has empowered a court system per that Constitution that reviews laws. The county clerk isn't part of that process. Never has been.
This woman was caught in a moral dilemma.
And she can quit if she doesn't want to perform this function of the government. What she can't do is use her own 'moral dilemma' as a weapon to deny someone else their rights under the law, as affirmed by the Supreme Court.
Again, what would your view be of this women be if she refused to issue a concealed carry permit because of her religious beliefs? Do you really think that is the county clerk's role in our government, particularly in the face of court rulings?