So you're suggesting they should put their job before their religion and spiritual base? Why worry about eternal damnation when you want a good pension plan?
What I am suggesting is that, if the Catholic church tries to flex its muscles over public servants, then afterward voters (including "liberal" members of the same church) will shy away from electing them for fear that the church member is influenced by something other than his public duty to constituents of all religions.
At the moment I am saying this with reference to Roman Catholics because the Catholic Church is talking about putting the squeeze on Catholic public servants, but the same logic applies to any denomination which tries to bully public servants who are congregants.