Comments on: Do I have to pass some bureaucrat’s religious test?

By: Mark F.

Mark F. — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:44:00 +0000

Jon,

So it’s OK if a KKK member refuses to issue a marriage license for a mixed race couple and sends the couple to another clerk or window, as long as it’s not too big of an inconvenience for the couple?

By: Donny D.

Donny D. — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:44:30 +0000

Rob,
What you’ve come up with is great.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:10:54 +0000

If it doesn’t prevent me from getting my marriage license, I don’t care if a bigoted clerk has to leave the window and call someone over to process my paperwork. If they were actually trying to make it impossible, or even harder, to get a license, that would be unacceptable. But I haven’t seen any instances of that yet.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:40:27 +0000

Tim,

Other articles make it clear that Cinti kept her job as Town Clerk and will issue licenses to gay couples, but will no longer conduct marriages herself.

By: lurker

lurker — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:24:40 +0000

Are there actually any “state employees” (as in your red-highlighted sentence above) demanding that applicants pass their personal religious test? or is it the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue insisting that applicants pass state employees’ religious tests?

By: Tim Stewart

Tim Stewart — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:23:48 +0000

Nice, short, to the point, and perfectly indestructible. Your mention that multiple clerks were doing this made me think “Again?”.. so I checked.. and found this:

http://www.christianpost.com/news/second-town-clerk-resigns-over-new-york-gay-marriage-law-52460/

Read it carefully. If “Official marriage officer” is a role of Town Clerk, and not a separately identified position of employment, then she has a problem here I think. Tim, Rob, et al, what do you think?

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:18:48 +0000

Ah yes, I worked it in. Much better.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:11:57 +0000

Rob,

I love your new catch-phrase. Apparently we both were writing at the same time so I didn’t include it in my commentary but I’ll go back and see if I can work it in.

By: Mary in Austin

Mary in Austin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:04:59 +0000

Rob, you hit the nail on the head.
Plenty of women seeking oral contraceptives or emergency contraception have failed various pharmacists’, or even pharmacy clerks’, religious tests. (The hateful Jeebusites have been grooming susceptible drugstore employees for over a decade, and a coupe of years ago their results started hitting the headlines.)

By: tiqueboy

tiqueboy — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:47:31 +0000

It is so simple yet spot on!