Pope: Govt. workers have right to refuse gay marriage licenses (testimony, Commandment)
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You can be a conscientious objector, but that does not guarantee that you will get to keep getting paid to do the job that you are refusing to do.
The Pope did not even intimate that there should be no consequences for exercising "conscientious objection" . . . only that it is a right we all have. In the case of employment, that could include dismissal. In the case of an elected official, there could be other consequences consistent with the jurisdiction.
Those who are willing to make things work, usually find a way. If a prison guard has a problem putting death row inmates to death, then the prison manager might ask someone else. Posters here seem to think the only option is to fire guard on the spot, which is evidence of a mindset where you want to hurt people who do not agree with your views.
Which explains why none of them had any problem with Kim Davis going to jail. The irony is such action cost the tax payers more money and only made the situation worse.
Which explains why none of them had any problem with Kim Davis going to jail. The irony is such action cost the tax payers more money and only made the situation worse.
That's the problem. They think the only solution is to hurt people who don't agree with them. There is no desire to find solutions which satisfy both parties.
That's the problem. They think the only solution is to hurt people who don't agree with them. There is no desire to find solutions which satisfy both parties.
Davis was offered an accommodation, SHE REFUSED and that is why she went to jail. She didn't go to jail because the judge wouldn't offer an accommodation for her beliefs.
Which explains why none of them had any problem with Kim Davis going to jail. The irony is such action cost the tax payers more money and only made the situation worse.
Kim was OFFERED an accommodation by the judge. SHE REFUSED that accommodation.
Who was making the situation worse? The one OFFERING a compromise, or the one who refused it?
Anyone else think this is just a matter of a couple media outlets taking something the pope said generally and spinning it to apply to the Kim Davis kerfuffle? Lawd knows they've been trying to force-fit everything else he's said & done on his visit here to fit the current American political agenda.
Which explains why none of them had any problem with Kim Davis going to jail. The irony is such action cost the tax payers more money and only made the situation worse.
She will be charged for her visit. Going to jail is not free. If she refuses to pay, the State will garnish her salary. She will be billed.
That is how it works. No worries for the taxpayers. They will be compensated by Kim Davis.
That's called an "inconvenience". They could have easily drove to another county to get it, or find another bakery instead of seeking to drive someone out of business.
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