Disgusting, for sure.
But, unless they had good reason to believe the referenced law didn't apply to their situation, when they chose to run afoul of the law, they had to know there would be consequences.
They should have complied or moved. That's supposed to be an advantage to there being 50 states. If the one you're in isn't to your liking, chances are another one will be.... Until the federal gov't completely obliterates states' rights and mandates the same for all.
I dispute this argument. Their are fundamental rights granted us by "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" and the government does not have the right to take them away from us regardless of what state we are in.
Illegal laws COMPEL disobedience. Do not think that this cup will pass before you if you run to another state. This Gaystapo Fascism is going to follow you to any state you run to, it will just take a little time.
I have heard countless discussions of what the Jews should have done prior to the Ascendency of Nazism in Germany. Well *WE* are the new Jews, and now we can answer that question with "What are we going to do?"
Fascism is Ascending.
Yeah, when the government tells you that as a Christian you do not have any rights, you should just move. Screw the Constitution and any imagined freedom of religion. After all, it is just a piece of paper.