If he has the option not to perform weddings, then what's the issue?
He doesn't have an option, he has to serve both straight and gay couples. The only state so far that has passed an opt-out law for judges regarding marriage licenses is North Carolina.
‘It’s an exercise of his religious freedom rights under the First Amendment,’ his spokesperson told KGW-TV.
Right, but the First Amendment doesn't give you an excuse to break the law. Leave your job or change positions at your place of work. We're not about to let that idiot from Kentucky set off a chain reaction of imitators.
He doesn't have an option, he has to serve both straight and gay couples. The only state so far that has passed an opt-out law for judges regarding marriage licenses is North Carolina.
Can they opt out? It might not even be legal to opt out unless they opt out of marriages altogether.
You've been here for 4 years, it's par for the course. The stereotyping with the gay face trope is ridiculous and overblown, but I'm not going to spend more time addressing it because I don't want to make it seem like I'm defending a homophobic pile of filth like this judge.
Can they opt out? It might not even be legal to opt out unless they opt out of marriages altogether.
Yes, that's the legal North Carolina code now: serve everyone licenses or no one - you can do your other duties, but not marriages if you choose 'nobody'.
