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I started a new thread so I wouldn't cast a shadow over the one celebrating the recent landmark civil rights ruling.
Folks, don't directly talk about politics or religion or this thread will go POOF too.
This thread is about the social shift and the new social conflict ... government employees refusing to do their job and citizens not getting a service the US Supreme Court has ruled legal.
SNIP:
"Texas is doubling down on the fight against Friday's ruling by the Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage. On Sunday, state attorney general Ken Paxton issued a statement calling the SCOTUS ruling "lawless" and declaring that county clerks could refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing religious objections."
Source: http://mashable.com/2015/06/28/texas-block-same-sex-marriage/
IMO those county clerk employees are free to follow their conscience by finding employment elsewhere or following their conscience to a jail cell.
I have to follow lots of laws I don't like.
I don't like stopping at stop signs at empty intersections, but it's the law.
It's called putting selfishness aside to exist in a society.
More: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a36057/gay-marriage-texas/
Folks, don't directly talk about politics or religion or this thread will go POOF too.
This thread is about the social shift and the new social conflict ... government employees refusing to do their job and citizens not getting a service the US Supreme Court has ruled legal.
SNIP:
"Texas is doubling down on the fight against Friday's ruling by the Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage. On Sunday, state attorney general Ken Paxton issued a statement calling the SCOTUS ruling "lawless" and declaring that county clerks could refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing religious objections."
Source: http://mashable.com/2015/06/28/texas-block-same-sex-marriage/
IMO those county clerk employees are free to follow their conscience by finding employment elsewhere or following their conscience to a jail cell.
I have to follow lots of laws I don't like.
I don't like stopping at stop signs at empty intersections, but it's the law.
It's called putting selfishness aside to exist in a society.
More: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a36057/gay-marriage-texas/