It's ok for Obama to publicly reject the DOMA, while it was still a law, but apparently this clerk doesn't have enough clout to reject a law that offends her and millions of others. This is the absolute height of hypocrisy. The laws in this country are a joke and have become more of a 'suggestion' to be enforced or rejected based on the whims and flavour of the current culture.
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Harry Oh!: "It's ok for Obama to publicly reject the DOMA, while it was still a law, but apparently this clerk doesn't have enough clout to reject a law that offends her and millions of others."
Non-fundie: "That you don't like a law because your religion doesn't make you excempt from it. Religious freedom doesn't work that way!"
Harry Oh!: "Well, it *SHOULD*!!!"
Uh...you are anticipating that Davis should have the same power as the POTUS? I knew she had an exaggerated opinion of her own power, that "big fish in a very tiny little pond" thing, but that's going a bit far. But let's look at the circumstances. One person stands up for enlarging the rights of people. One person, bucking a three-century trajectory of thought, stands for RESTRICTING rights. She gets no praise from me for that bigotry.
What about the devout Christians who are offended at her three or four divorces?
Doesn't the Bible say that you should obey the leaders of your country, as they are put there by the grace of God?
DOMA seems unconstitutional to me, as it actively discriminates against people based on gender.
Equal marriage laws does not actively discriminate anyone. Other people having the same rights as you do, is not a discrimination.
Having a job as a county clerk is not a human right, silly-nilly. If you're aware that you would not be able to perform certain parts of a job, you ought not to apply for that job.
I'm hoping her next election can be called early by the even fundier Christians who will boot her out for her perverted past.
Love to see her work for a wage she's worth, her next crusade will be to raise fast food workers, like her, wages.
She's the highest paid permit officer in the state and was overpaid as a deputy when her mother held her office. Impeachment with a actual reasons would be nice to see down there. In a state that pays teachers under 40 grand a year, why the hell is a permit office manager pulling in over 80 grand and not required to even come to work?
DOMA was overturned and deemed unconstitutional by SCOTUS. Same with the laws in individual states. Obama had nothing to do with that.
Also Harry, more people in this country are in favor of same sex marriage than opposed to it.
Basically Huckabee, Cruz and other notable con-men are lipping off about how Christian belief should exempt you from any criticism, responsibility or adherence to the law.
These shit are creating the Sovereign Citizen delusion to grow, making people think they can follow their own whim and interpret any system to fit their selfish little needs. This dicks are living well on Taxpayers money as many oathkeepers, tea partiers and churches are on government support or subsidies.
It's biting that hand that feeds you to it's limit.
The president has authority that a county clerk does not, same as a senator has authority that a small town mayor does not or your boss has authority that you do not. This is the way it has worked for 200 years (hell, it's the way things have worked for 10,000 years). You have no excuse for not understanding this.
Furthermore, that's not even what happened.
"a law that offends her"
...how? Via a tiny titbit in Leviticus: which never applied to Gentiles like her in the first place?
Or are you fundies still in that river in Egypt over that one simple fact: you're reduced to using Jewish law - certainly not one that's relevant to modern Rule of Law, especially in Israel today - because you're simply not prepared to admit the real reason why:
You fundies are just too embarrassed to explain to their kids why certain people like those of the same gender - particulary if you should see such in public, and your kid asks that question of something that also squicks you out, and you don't want to explain that it's purely down to your subjective bigotry.
The Culture of Holland hasn't been 'forced' by S-SM being legalised in that country; indeed:
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...more a case of 'In Soviet Holland, people force you '. Just ask the 62% in Ireland a few months ago.
...oh, and it was Judge Stephen Reinhardt who rejected DOMA, by declaring it unconstitutional. Not Obama. In re. Levenson setting the precedent. NEXT!
It's ok for Obama to publicly reject the DOMA, while it was still a law, but apparently this clerk doesn't have enough clout to reject a law that offends her and millions of others.
The difference is that Obama refused to enforce the law because he believed the law itself to be illegal, and the courts agreed with him. Davis just didn't like the law and refused to obey it even after the courts found it to be valid.
She didn't just reject the law, she refused to comply with her legal duty to act in accordance with it. There's a difference. She could say how much she hated the law, thought it was blasphemous and wanted it repealed as much as she liked and not get into legal trouble as long as she issued those marriage licenses under the law.
If she wanted that badly not to give gay people marriage licences, couldn't she have just..you know..quit?
Or petition for a change in the law, but these fuckwits know that only about 4 idiots agree with their backwards viewpoints, if there are 'millions' of you then petition, march, you know all that stuff that liberals do instead of just outright ignoring the law?
@Old Viking
"Kim has been trying for some time to have a band play "Hail to the Chief" as she enters the building. Thus far she has two people playing kazoos."
Not for nothing do I refer to her as 'Kim Il-Davis: The Little Dictator Who Couldn't '.
Nicolae Ceausescu. Saddam Insane. Muammar Gaddafi. DPRK's 'Military First' policy.
Overcompensating much, Kim Jong-Uh ?! >:D
All great powers fall. No Exceptions. Just ask another Kim in the US, Kimbo.
It's not hypocrisy. Even Obama can't ignore Supreme Court rulings. He enforced DOMA while disagreeing with it, but just said that he wouldn't defend it in court if it were challenged. It was, and was overturned.
Her job was not to approve or disapprove of applications. It was to verify that the applicants met the requirements to marry in that state.
She exceeded her authority.
Saw that Kim lost her lawsuit last week. Owed a gay couple $100,000 for not issuing a marriage license.
Confused?
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