Politics
The fact that I understand your point of view doesn't mean I agree with it. If I'm trying to get you to agree with me, I'm going to try to understand your point of view and lead you from there to my point of view. Screaming and calling people stupid never works, but people continue to try. And I don't expect everybody to agree with me completely.
So, you're an elected county clerk and your job is to issue licenses and you have your big book o' license requirements. To get a dog license, people have to prove the dog has a rabies shot. To get a driver's license, they have to prove they passed a driver's test, etc. If there are changes to a license or a new license, the people in charge will send you the new requirements so you can update your big book.. Got it.
So, the Federal government has issued a new license... to own slaves.
"But it's wrong!" Nope, the federal government has changed the laws.
"You can't own people!" The government says they're not legally people, and you already issue dog licenses for living beings.
"It's wrong to own slaves." Then don't own slaves, but let everyone else do what they want to. If you don't like it, quit your job.
At this point, my readers are yelling "It's not the same thing!" You're right and I agree with you. The problem is, it's the same thing TO HER. Every Sunday she goes to church (It's been confirmed she's an Apostolic Christian) and the minister preaches how evil homosexuality is. She won't quit her job, she has to stop this evil. When she gets out of jail, they're playing "Eye of the Tiger" for her, presidential candidates are fighting to have their picture taken with her and she allegedly gets a private meeting with the Pope, who tells her to continue the good fight. The President didn't get a private meeting. There are liberals telling her she's wrong for doing this, but who do you think she's going to listen to?
I am of the believe that ethics tops the law. It's a sense of ethics that makes us want to strive for just laws. It was ethics that made the members of the Underground Railroad defy the law. But they knew if they were caught, they'd be killed or imprisoned. And the clerk was told she'd go to jail. Personally, I would have quit the job and started or joined a campaign to stop slavery on the assumption I can do more to change the law while outside of jail than within it. The clerk has been to jail and gotten lots and lots of publicity, but her deputys continue to issue marriage licenses and she's nothing she's done will change the 'unjust' law.
So, I can understand where she's coming from, I just can't see any way to make her understand that it's wrong, especially with so many people telling her she's right.