gbaji wrote:
Um... You kinda don't get to tell other people what their faith/beliefs should be though.
Considering that's exactly what the woman in question was doing, I agree fully with you in that that she was wrong for not signing those marriage certificates. It was her job, and she had no business telling other people what their faith/belief should be.
gbaji wrote:
That's pretty much the entire point of a whole section of the first amendment.
That says that the civil rights of
none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, right? That section? I'm glad we both agree that this woman was wrong, both religiously
and constitutionally. Her using her questionably religious belief to deny someone their civil rights is by definition against the first amendment. You're right, she
is wrong.
gbaji wrote:
It's not an "all or nothing" situation.
Then it isn't religious. You're hiding your personal opinion behind what you think religion is.
gbaji wrote:
If we accept a methodology where we go out of our way to seek out those with religious beliefs we don't agree with, and put them in a situation where they are forced to either violate those beliefs, or lose their jobs, then we're basically chucking the first amendment out the window.
If we accept and allow people to break the law based on twisting a few passages in a book then we never cared about the first amendment in the first place. I mean, since you agree with me 100% about how she's not really a religious person, I think it's safe to assume you do care and you'd never argue that it's okay to use the constitution like toilet paper like this woman wants us to.
gbaji wrote:
And while they may have a legal right to do this, it's still quite dickish.
So? We as a country
celebrate this type of behavior, and have for hundreds of years. Why would it be an issue
now? I mean, unless you want to argue jumping a bunch of enemy soldiers after they were through celebrating Christmas somehow
isn't a tactically brilliant but di
ckish move. But then I'd have to ask why you hate America so much.
Edited, Sep 8th 2015 10:42pm by lolgaxe