U.S. District Judge David Bunning’s decision to jail
Rowan County, Kentucky’s Court Clerk Kim Davis was an overreaction. Thank God it is done with, and in only six
days’ time. Too long by six days; better
he had put her on leave without pay until a resolution could be reached. And a perfect resolution was indeed reached,
in less than a week. As long as one
clerk or assistant clerk is able to fulfill the letter of the law, there is no
need for Ms. Davis to be forced to betray her conscience.
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Washington Post 2015/09/04, etc. |
You should be clear that I am on
the side of the LGBTQ community in the gay marriage argument. For several reasons. One, it is no skin off my back if a gay
couple gets married, it costs me nothing.
Two, the argument against gay marriage is a religious one, and the first
amendment prohibits the
establishment
of a religion (or group of religions) in the nation and in the states, and a legal
ruling in favor of a religion is an “establishment” of that religion. Third, no religious organization will be
compelled to marry – or even recognize as married – any gay couples, as the Supreme
Court decision only relates to civil law.
Fourth, before the Court decision, civil law sometimes distinguished
between married people and single people, oftentimes advantaging married people;
now gay people will be able to take advantage of those same advantages of being
married. And last, does your happiness
really depend on the unhappiness of human beings who are not like you?