MOBILE, Ala. — On the day that same-sex unions became legal in Alabama, local officials in dozens of counties on Monday defied a federal judge’s decision and refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, casting the state into judicial chaos.
MOBILE, Ala. — On the day that same-sex unions became legal in Alabama, local officials in dozens of counties on Monday defied a federal judge’s decision and refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, casting the state into judicial chaos.
Whether right or wrong, some people have certain religious principles; if their principles cannot be reconciled to the law, then those people have choices: defy the law or renounce their principles. I know that there are arguments on specific issues, but I remain fascinated by the legal v. religious dilemma. Is the law right? (Note: some laws have been and are right, and some laws have been and are wrong.) Are religious principles right? (Note: some good, bad, and ugly things have been done in the name of religious principles.) So, the conflicts continue. Perhaps there can never be an end to those conflicts. Perfect worlds do not exist.
ReplyDeleteThe conflict here is false though RT for marriage is a legal proposition for the disobeying probate judges -- not a religious one. They are judge who are not following the law. And although First Amendment law is not my field, it seems to me that the importance of judges following the law is a compelling state interest; and their religious claims must fall.
ReplyDeleteIf a jurist will not enforce the law, the jurist should find other employment. This does not resolve the law's validity and wisdom.That must be resolved otherwise.
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