If it isn’t that, then it’s *something *that makes you think the situation is more nuanced or a “pickle” than it is.
You differ from no one on that. Because nobody is saying it.
It’s an elected position, not a lifetime sinecure. It is not cruel and unusual punishment to lose it.
It was obviously about to become so, and she and even you knew it at the time she ran for the office. You can claim it to be immaterial rather than admit it makes whatever the hell you’re trying to claim laughably invalid, but we all know better, including you.
No. She is being threatened with punishment for allowing her personal prejudices interfere with her job while she hypocritically cries “Religion!”
If her religious beliefs played a role in her job performance, she would not issue marriage licences to couples when one or both had divorced–to say nothing of her refraining from divorce and remarriage, herself. Jesus explicitly condemned divorce. Jesus explicitly declared that marriage after divorce was adultery. Jesus never even mentioned homosexuality.
Thousands of Christian and Jewish clerks are issuing marriage licenses throughout the country without failing their religious beliefs and, (for those offended), with nothing worse than some under-their-breath muttering. She is simply ecstatic over the publicity she is getting and is milking her fifteen minutes of fame for all that it is worth.
Her personal religious prejudices. (Not that it really matters, see Conscientious Objection). And I didn’t know that you were of the mind that person cannot have strong religious convictions unless they are a perfect, for example, Christian. Also, are you of the mind that just because many Christians have been divorced or do not have a problem with divorce, that no Christian can have a legitimate problem with it?
I’m really not sure what you’re argument is, I think she should have immediately resigned. Not having done so, I’m all for having her removed from the position. As far as her being ecstatic about the attention, all the more reason to find a way to remove her ASAP.
Conscientious objection gets you out of mandatory armed service. It doesn’t mean the volunteer Army will find you a job if it doesn’t have any need for unarmed personnel. In other words, that is only relevant insofar as Davis is compelled to be Rowan County Clerk. As far as I can tell she is free to leave the position whenever she likes. You seem to agree, so I’m not entirely sure what your argument is.
If she goes to jail, it’s because she violated the law; specifically, by ignoring repeated court orders enjoining her compliance. Her religious beliefs may have required that, but that’s not the same as saying she’s being sent to jail for her beliefs.
It seems that no one really wants to send her to the pokey, if only to deny her fundy supporters a powerful image for their persecution narrative. But I’m beginning to think it’s the only way to get through to her. Her backers can raise money to pay her fines, but they can’t sit in a cell for her.
She has no reason to believe everyone applying for a marriage license is a Christian, or a Christian with her particular views. While it may be against her religious convictions to get gay married, I don’t see how it can be against her religion to allow people with different beliefs to do what they want to do. I don’t believe that person who keeps kosher gives a damn about what I eat.
As I’ve said, consistently, ya dummy, she SHOULD resign. If she refuses, she should be removed. She is not acknowledging what the current law is. She needs to go, one way or the other.
Why don’t you run down to to a middle school and have one of the students explain what my words mean. I think we’d both be better off.
I keep forgetting how incredibly dumbfuck you are. Pretty impressive, I guess.