The notion that religion is being forced on others is something I associate with anti-religious propaganda.
Some employers didn’t like employees to ‘force their race’ on them either but the law accommodated them in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
I wish we could be a country where religious folks who say ‘gays will go to hell’ can live in peaceful co-existence with those who say ‘religious hypocrites should go to hell’.
But there’s a conflict going on and the anti-religious gay marriage forces are winning the fight with the levers of government.
The balance between the two sides doesn’t exist right now.
One side is shoving it in the others face.
I don’t support the current situation created by the USSC ruling.
There are serious questions when the notion of resistance-disobedience to the USSC gay marriage ruling comes up.
But the political system backed by elite business-corporate contributors want gay marriage and no protection for those who oppose it including the small business owners.
What options are opponents left with???? The Republicans and Democrats will not reverse it.
Opponents of gay marriage are indeed being marginalized and forced out of government employment like this marriage clerk position.
Based on what’s happened in Canada and Europe, it only goes downhill from here.
I don’t disagree with much of what you say, but an employee trying to impose their beliefs on an employer they have a contract with to perform duties proscribed by the employer is putting the cart before the horse. The employer has the perogative.