Hey, You Got Church In My State. No, You Got
State On My Church
The (Not At All) Holy Land
September 5, 2015
Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim
Davis was jailed for contempt after refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay couples,
based on her religious fanaticism and in direct conflict with the Constitution
and our generally very conservative Supreme Court. I’m not sure just how religiously
fanatical an adulterer who is on her fourth marriage can be, even if all her
exes are opposite sexes, but that’s between her, Jesus and I’m guessing half of
the male population of her county. As columnist Dan Savage said of this latest
faux-persecuted Christian, “She actually thinks she works for God there, in the
county courthouse, when she actually works for Caesar.”Perhaps
Ms. Davis is unaware that Jesus specifically spoke against divorce, while
mentioning his disdain for same sex relations exactly zero times. Maybe she is similarly
unfamiliar with the separation of church and state from the First Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States. Many people seem to trample blindly over
the First as they stampede their way to the last bit of the Second Amendment.
Presidential Never-Gonna-Be-s Weigh In
Much to my surprise Lindsey Graham, John Kaisich, Carly
Fiorina and even super-loopy Ben Carson have begun to look past the Fourteenth Century
and come out in favor of obeying the law allowing any two consenting adults to
marry. Wall building expert Donald Trump, who does not understand the wall that
already exists -between church and state - acknowledges that the Supreme Court
ruling is the "law of the land," but thinks clerks should be able to
"take a pass" on issuing marriage licenses to gay couples if they claim
it violates their beliefs. I’m pretty sure that’s not how laws are meant to be
carried out. If we allow people like Kim Davis to have their way, how long
before we are living under Sharia Law?
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee called Davis a "person of great
conviction" and claimed that she is not required to follow the Supreme
Court ruling in favor of same sex marriage. I’m sick to death of people moaning
that it was just “five people” who made same sex marriage legal. It only took
five people to give us and unelected (and ultimately disastrous) president. Go cry
foul on somebody else’s shoulder.
Stealth candidate Bobby Jindal told the Huffington Post that Davis should not have
to resign because nobody "should have to choose between following their
conscience, their religious beliefs and giving up their job or facing financial
sanctions."
Kentucky senator and super genius Ayn Rand Paul, the guy
who believes the Civil Rights Act infringes on private business owners, said we
should leave it up to the courts to decide. Maybe he’s been too busy pretending
to run for president, but one of our finest courts - some would call it Supreme
- has already ruled on this issue very clearly. Check it out Rand, it was in
all the papers.
Texas Senator Ted
Cruz recently posted on Facebook that there should be "alternative
ways to ensure that government functions are accomplished without infringing on
religious liberty." There are alternatives; do your job properly or find a
job that you are actually qualified and willing to perform. I guarantee you
will never find an Orthodox Jew working at a Bob Evans factory. Or an observant
Muslim working for Jack Daniels. I think we need to ensure that religious
beliefs do not infringe on government functions. Our Constitution demands
separation of church and state. Every American can hold whatever religious
belief they choose (Remember, religion is a choice.), but anyone with a
government position must leave their religious beliefs at home as a job
requirement. No ifs, ands or buts. It’s just that simple. If people want to
live in a country where outdated extremist religious beliefs are in fact the
law of the land, I believe there are plenty of vacancies throughout the Middle
East.
I. Mangrey reporting. Try not to marry your favorite
chair.
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