Kentucky clerk goes rogue on gay marriage....
Sept 1, 2015 7:02:02 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 7:02:02 GMT -6
If you are going to work at a hospital...accept the fact you may be sick, called upon to attend the sick, or vaccinate to prevent spreading sickness. It is part of the job, and it is reality. If you don't like it? Seek work elsewhere.
If you are going to work for a Government body as a clerk, you may be called upon to process forms, follow procedures or do things you personally object to ..in a place with NO ROOM for your personal feelings, in any form. If you don't like it? Seek work elsewhere.
This Clerk figures she has more power and authority than the United States Supreme Court.
Now in full disclosure, I don't care for the concept of Gay marriage myself. I do think, religion aside, marriage was a concept born in propagation of the species (no pun intended). Adam and Eve make Junior. Adam and Steve make controversy..and no Junior to continue a blood line (which..to some..may be a real positive thing, actually..but I'm not near that hateful to suggest).
Those..are my personal and entirely private feelings. They'd have no place in a work place, and have NO place where I work now...in terms of having a sense of what this Clerk feels at times. I can't even express disapproval, if I feel it, and really? That is 100% how it should be. That is the difference, IMO, between disagreement and BEING disagreeable or outright hateful.
....having said that? This clerk needs fired for cause and bounced out like a rubber ball.
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I note my very personal feelings on gay marriage for a reason. Some would think, based on that, I'd feel good about what this Clerk did. "Score one for the good guys..." and all that jazz. Umm... NO.. Not even remotely CLOSE. Why?
How in God's name (pun intended...given the Clerk's basis for this) can we even JOKE about holding liberals to the decisions of the Court (Like firearms cases) if we, on the conservative side, will pick and choose when *WE* feel like respecting the Court and its decisions??
'The Rule of law for thee...but none for me'?? Is THAT the logic I see here? Sure as hell..I'll bet every single person in that town would have a fit if someone came to collect their guns. In the end, and legally, what basis do they have to fight that? The Heller case, decided by the Super Court, making firearms ownership an absolute individual right in our nation. That is the legal basis...
Unless...of course...we want to say its dandy to pick and choose which decisions we follow. In which case...NO ONE can bitch about Obama ignoring gun rights (or any other rights) whenever he chooses...since we will have made clear, the rule of law is only a thing to care about when its convenient.
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If we don't follow the law ourselves? We don't just encourage others to do likewise. We remove any ability to argue the point with those breaking laws WE care about.
If you are going to work for a Government body as a clerk, you may be called upon to process forms, follow procedures or do things you personally object to ..in a place with NO ROOM for your personal feelings, in any form. If you don't like it? Seek work elsewhere.
This Clerk figures she has more power and authority than the United States Supreme Court.
After a defiant county clerk in Kentucky refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, law enforcement authorities have cleared out the office of the hundreds of people packed inside to support both sides of the issue.
The sheriff's office in Rowan County told clerk Kim Davis' supporters and gay rights activists to leave on Tuesday morning.
The sheriff's office in Rowan County told clerk Kim Davis' supporters and gay rights activists to leave on Tuesday morning.
Now in full disclosure, I don't care for the concept of Gay marriage myself. I do think, religion aside, marriage was a concept born in propagation of the species (no pun intended). Adam and Eve make Junior. Adam and Steve make controversy..and no Junior to continue a blood line (which..to some..may be a real positive thing, actually..but I'm not near that hateful to suggest).
Those..are my personal and entirely private feelings. They'd have no place in a work place, and have NO place where I work now...in terms of having a sense of what this Clerk feels at times. I can't even express disapproval, if I feel it, and really? That is 100% how it should be. That is the difference, IMO, between disagreement and BEING disagreeable or outright hateful.
....having said that? This clerk needs fired for cause and bounced out like a rubber ball.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in the case, leaving Davis no legal grounds to refuse to grant licenses. A district judge could now hold her in contempt, which can carry steep fines or jail time
I note my very personal feelings on gay marriage for a reason. Some would think, based on that, I'd feel good about what this Clerk did. "Score one for the good guys..." and all that jazz. Umm... NO.. Not even remotely CLOSE. Why?
How in God's name (pun intended...given the Clerk's basis for this) can we even JOKE about holding liberals to the decisions of the Court (Like firearms cases) if we, on the conservative side, will pick and choose when *WE* feel like respecting the Court and its decisions??
'The Rule of law for thee...but none for me'?? Is THAT the logic I see here? Sure as hell..I'll bet every single person in that town would have a fit if someone came to collect their guns. In the end, and legally, what basis do they have to fight that? The Heller case, decided by the Super Court, making firearms ownership an absolute individual right in our nation. That is the legal basis...
Unless...of course...we want to say its dandy to pick and choose which decisions we follow. In which case...NO ONE can bitch about Obama ignoring gun rights (or any other rights) whenever he chooses...since we will have made clear, the rule of law is only a thing to care about when its convenient.
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If we don't follow the law ourselves? We don't just encourage others to do likewise. We remove any ability to argue the point with those breaking laws WE care about.
