North Carolina lawmakers allow 'opt-out' over same-sex marriage

[Old Union Guy]

North Carolina lawmakers allow 'opt-out' over same-sex marriage (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/11/us-usa-gaymarriage-north-carolina-idUSKBN0OR1YX20150611

Government officials in North Carolina can refuse to perform same-sex marriages by citing religious objections under a law enacted on Thursday by the Republican-led legislature, which voted to override the governor's veto.

The law protects the jobs of magistrates and other officials who refuse to perform marriages of gay couples by citing a “sincerely held religious objection.”

Governor Pat McCrory, also a Republican, had said the officials who swore to defend the Constitution and perform their duties of office should not be exempt from upholding their oath.

The state House of Representatives overrode his veto by reaching the three-fifths majority in a 69-41 vote. The state Senate overrode the veto earlier this month.

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This is obviously headed to the Supreme Court of the US, and I wouldn't count on the outcome.

Eternal vigilance.

[StandingInLeftField]

1. As usual...

...my South disappoints.

[shenmue]

2. Duh

Welcome to Loserville, dummies.

[Keefer]

3. This article was written before

the SCOTUS ruled this summer:

Thu Jun 11, 2015