Actually, ministers (or whatever form of clergy, pastor, priest, rabbi, etc....) have refused to do weddings for any number of reasons. At one time some would refuse to marry interracial couples (willing to bet there are still some that would not do an interracial wedding!!) Some won't do interfaith weddings, some won't marry someone that has had one or more divorces, etc...
A Sister-in-law was told by a minister that he wouldn't do their wedding because she and her husband-to-be hadn't given any money to the "new carpet fund" for the church and/or parsonage!! So if a minister can refuse for such a bullshit reason, WHAT THE FUCK makes anyone think they would be forced to do gay weddings?????????????
Hearing reports about some officials in various states that are not issuing marriage licenses. In one county in Alabama the judge (I guess the local judge has the final say on marriage licenses in Alabama) won't issue any marriage licenses to anybody, straight or gay. On that I just have this to say: IF YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS PREVENT YOU FROM DOING YOUR JOB, GET A DIFFERENT FUCKING JOB!!!!
That applies to all categories of jobs, pharmacists, clerks, judges, what the fuck ever!!
While the First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, we need to get to the point where it GUARANTEES FREEDOM FROM RELIGION!!!!
exactly...stupid peoples.
ReplyDeleteWe are witnessing the end of common fucking sense in this country. Get ready for a ton of law suits. All these dumb asses are doing is feeding the coffers of lawyers and tying up the courts with their childish bullshit.
ReplyDeleteThe law of the land is not settled and any federal ,state or local public official that refuses a marriage licence should have a personal liability suite brought against them from each party wronged. A few monetary suites for stress, anxiety and psychological damages brought against these officials for refusing to do their job would end this quickly.
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Suits - not suites. Dam, why can't the spell checker read my mind.
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Your global widget shows me living in Skowhegan, Maine... close: about forty miles off, but still impressive.
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Ol'Buzzard, the intratubes be a weird place. When we were at Montauk, MO at times it showed me as being at The Kid's place in Farmington, MO. When we were watching TV online while at Montauk, the intratube gods thought we were in Atlanta and would show call letters from Atlanta TV stations.
ReplyDeleteWhen The Kid was living in Tejas, and when I was at her house, it would come up as various locations around the state, some hundreds of miles away.
I do not understand how anyone in a position to serve the public can refuse to serve them, outside of religious officials. Like a pharmacist refusing to fill a prescription or a bakery refusing to make a cake. Or a clerk refusing to issue a marriage licence. Are there no laws about that? As you say, if you cannot do the job you have then you are obligated to find one you can do.
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