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Illegal Defiance on Same-Sex Marriage
New York Times ^ | July 10, 2015 | Editorial Board

Posted on 07/10/2015 6:35:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The Supreme Court could not have been clearer when it ruled late last month that states may not refuse to marry same-sex couples.

But in several states where the resistance to marriage equality has been most entrenched, government officials whose job it is to license or perform marriages continue to misunderstand, stall or flatly defy the court. However they justify these tactics, their conduct is illegal and they must stop.

These public employees seem to forget that taxpayers pay them to do their job. If doing that job violates his or her religious beliefs, the best solution is to find another job, as several have done in the days since the Obergefell ruling.

Government employees do not have a constitutionally protected right to pick and choose which members of the public they will serve, no matter their religious beliefs.

The Constitution’s protection of religious freedom simply does not include the right to discriminate against others in the public sphere.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; journalism; media; scotus
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1 posted on 07/10/2015 6:35:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So where is the NY Times outrage over sanctuary cities?


2 posted on 07/10/2015 6:37:03 AM PDT by dirtboy
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These public employees seem to forget that taxpayers pay them to do their job.

And those in my state who are resisting an illegal, made-up "law", are doing exactly what I expect them to.

3 posted on 07/10/2015 6:38:21 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Letting Muslims claim broadly available religious exemptions from generally applicable laws or work rules

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/02/20/letting-muslims-claim-broadly-available-religious-exemptions-from-generally-applicable-laws-or-work-rules/


4 posted on 07/10/2015 6:39:10 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tough guys prosecute/persecute bakers. Trespassers/illegal aliens/undocumented residents? What’s that?


5 posted on 07/10/2015 6:39:24 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: dirtboy

“So where is the NY Times outrage over sanctuary cities?”

That fits the meme so it’s OK.


6 posted on 07/10/2015 6:39:30 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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7 posted on 07/10/2015 6:40:00 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. – Robert Heinlein)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NYT is cracking down on those who choose which laws they will and will not obey! Obammy better watch it LOL.


8 posted on 07/10/2015 6:40:28 AM PDT by OSHA (One despises and wants to destroy the United States, the other is a dead terrorist.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Uh, Sanctuary States for marriage is wrong?


9 posted on 07/10/2015 6:41:13 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: dirtboy

or Obama’s refusal to enforce DOMA? Where was the outrage over at the Times for that?


10 posted on 07/10/2015 6:41:15 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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perfect example of the totalitarian left picking which laws they will obey.


11 posted on 07/10/2015 6:42:18 AM PDT by griswold3 (Just another unlicensed nonconformist in am dangerous Liberal world.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Government employees do not have a constitutionally protected right to pick and choose which members of the public they will serve, no matter their religious beliefs.

Tell that to Obama and his cabinet, who routinely pick and choose which laws and which members of society they will work to benefit.

The Constitution’s protection of religious freedom simply does not include the right to discriminate against others in the public sphere.

Let's see if you remember this maxim when your gay allies start persecuting Christians for their Biblical beliefs about marriage. And Muslims, too.

12 posted on 07/10/2015 6:43:38 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What about Washington DC and Chicago ignoring the Heller decision on the Second Amendment?


13 posted on 07/10/2015 6:43:39 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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Wow, on top of them ignoring sanctuary cities and probably 100 other laws that the government breaks, is the NYT usurping the role of SCOTUS? What's up with the shrill, "they must stop!" stuff?
14 posted on 07/10/2015 6:45:20 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Boo hoo. The Slimes has their panties in a wad because America won’t bend the knee to their evil god.


15 posted on 07/10/2015 6:46:14 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Romans 13:12)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Screw the HOMOs....WE NEED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT!!


16 posted on 07/10/2015 6:48:55 AM PDT by hapnHal (hapnHal)
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The Supreme Court does not make law. The have overstepped their Constitutional authority, and those tryin to “create” law must be impeached.


17 posted on 07/10/2015 6:49:24 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

San Francisco refused to comply with federal immigration laws and Kathryn Steinle is dead. Americans are killed and maimed every day by “undocumented immigrants”.

Why is it that the highest court in the land, packed by Democrats, says that homosexuals have the “right” to marry, but every day Americans are denied their constitutional right to life, liberty and property because of illegal defiance of law by Democrats and their friends across the aisle?


18 posted on 07/10/2015 6:51:38 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Supreme Court could not have been clearer legally out of bounds when it ruled late last month that states may not refuse to marry same-sex couples.
19 posted on 07/10/2015 6:52:25 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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Sanctuary States for marriage

Ding, ding - we have the winning response right here folks!

20 posted on 07/10/2015 6:52:26 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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