“How about she just refused on religious grounds, and then keep her job?”
That might have been possible within the scope of her employer’s written guidelines. If she’d stayed, they could’ve made her life miserable.
I worked for a city in California in the H.R. department. I was told by the Director that we were “encouraged” to attend a same-sex “commitment” ceremony for one of the women employees and her partner. I refused — on religious grounds. My life was a living nightmare from then on; my boss made sure of that. I retired a couple years later and it was maybe the happiest day of my life.
So what a person technically CAN do, and what’s the smart thing to do can be two different things. And can you even imagine working eight hours a day with homosexuals in heat traipsing into your office? Even if somebody else is issuing the licenses, still... Who wants to see that?
Ummm, the lady wasn’t forced to do anything.
It’s in Mississippi. I doubt she would have been forced to do anything.
As for you being encouraged to go, you weren’t forced. You can simply just say “No, I have other things to do.”
She “quit” because she was afraid that she “might” be forced to, and then forced out because of it.
Before it even happened. Also it looks like her boss would have supported her.
She tucked tail and ran. Now some prissy little princess will fill her spot, and they definitely won’t be able to get rid of him/her/it.