I fail to see how judging homosexual marriage to be “legal” creates a civil right (as I understand civil rights) that compels anyone to issue license or perform a ceremony.
If we allow Christians to be jailed while we argue semantics, it won’t be long before our Ministers and Priests start being jailed.
The SCOTUS didn’t issue a decree that “gay marriage is legal”. Rather, they passed a decision that any law restricting gay marriage is a violation of civil rights, and therefore unconstitutional.
So quite frankly, the SCOTUS created a civil right...I’m sure they will say it was always there, and they just found it in some dusty corner of the constitution - this is why Kennedy tried to wordsmith his decision to equate marriage = dignity - civil right.
Other than that, I think we are in agreement - its downright evil to jail this woman.
But this does bring up some serious questions/issues over federal vs state power. I just can’t imagine the founding fathers approving of this abuse of federal power.