RE: Good!!
September 4, 2015 at 1:56 pm
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2015 at 1:57 pm by CapnAwesome.)
(September 4, 2015 at 1:49 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: I've got no problem with jail for an elected official not performing the duties of that elected state position.
She has the option to resign or to retire (then no jail time) and chose not to. USA today quote from her: "“And if I left, resigned or chose to retire, I would have no voice for God’s word," calling herself a vessel that the Lord has chosen for this time and place."
I look at it as a separation of state and church issue. The state functions should have nothing to do with gods word. Why should she (or anyone) have the option of imposing their religious belief in a state position? Apply a little reductio ad absurdum to imposing some xtian beliefs and see where you end up. You can't impose/in force your belief issues into a non belief (belief free) state job description/duties. If you do, then you suffer the consequences.
I mean it's a good argument, but hypothetically would you feel the same if the situation was reversed and someone went to jail for issuing a license to a gay couple?