Homophobic holier-than-thou county clerk defies court order, enjoys playing the martyr

[moonshaz]

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[fieryphoenix]

One of my favorite smell tests for issues like this (for those who are otherwise unconvinced) is to substitute some variables. Imagine she went to get her nth marriage license, but was denied by a Catholic county clerk on the grounds of not having had her previous divorce properly annulled.

[johnny9fingers]

A bit rich coming from a divorced person.

[yes_justice]

She reminds me of the guy who tried to get free food in restaurants, saying "Jesus already paid for this."

[rose_cat]

Honestly, how has this woman not been fired yet? Do your job or get another one!

[skittish_derby]

I heard that she has to be impeached, as she was voted into this position (and running as a democrat to boot!)

[catlin]

In order to impeach her, they have to convene the state court senate. That means either waiting, or a special session, and they won't spend the money on special session.

[moonshaz]

As has already been mentioned, she's an elected official, so she can't be fired. She can be impeached, but only the KY state legislature can do that. In the meantime it looks like she's probably going to be prosecuted for official misconduct, which is the first stop in that direction. The article I linked in the o.p. has lots of details.

[dexeron]

That's part of the issue, IMO. It's often the newly converted (much like the newly sober and those who have newly quit smoking) who are the most strident about enforcing their own personal choices on others.

[moonshaz]

A lot of us consider her a hypocrite because she's claiming that she can't issue same-sex marriage licenses because it's against the Bible--but at the same time she's been divorced multiple times and is on her fourth marriage, which is every bit as much against biblical teachings as same sex marriage