People Apposing Gay Marriage Likely To Use Religious Freedom To Refuse Gay Marriage Services

[TheMastersNemesis]

Workers who are religious will likely use "religious freedom" to deny services to gays. Right now the RW still thinks religious freedom memes trump the Supreme Court. So what is you are a JP, Judge or other public servant and are a devout religionist apposing gay marriage. Can you be forced to provide the means for gays to marry?

The SCOTUS decision does not quell the fierce opposition that is still out in the country. Employers can still fire gays in many states. And employers can still essentially discriminate against gay couples. And how do we resolve issues where states or other local government entities refusing to pay the benefits of married gays.

The law allows gay marriage but there still are a lot of legal issues not yet resolved. This decision is only the beginning of other legal battles that are just as vicious.

[msongs]

1. marriage is a state/government function. churches are for show and tell and parties and church

marriages are not legal in the eyes of the law. if you get a job working for the state you perform the marriage. if you don't want to do your job on principle, you quit the job. if you get a job at a church, performing a marriage is optional according to the belief of the church.

[Egnever]

2. So what?

Justice of the peace will still have to do it.

[joshcryer]

4. And if they're a bigot and refuse?

Dereliction of duty. Fire them.

[Egnever]

9. Exactly right

[joshcryer]

3. Good for them.

Local politics are entrenched with bigoted right wingers. Let them fail to perform their constitutional duties.

And be fired enmasse.

[haikugal]

5. Fire them...

Just like pharmacists who refuse to dispense any and all medications...they don't belong there.

[marym625]

6. This decision breaks the way to end discriminatory laws against LGBT.

The 14th Amendment was used in the decision. Expect "religious freedom" laws to come down as well as LGBT to be covered under the 14th Amendment. Bigotry laws are about to be history

[Recursion]

7. And there are country clubs that don't let black people join

Sigh

[Greybnk48]

8. Does that mean we can ALL break any law in the

name of religious "freedom?" Or just Christians?