Nullification is simply when states declare that since a given federal action is unconstitutional, they will not abide by it.
The media don’t have much to say about “sanctuary cities,” which defy constitutional federal immigration law. But when the matter is a moral-sanctuary locality or bureaucracy that defies the unconstitutional Obergefell faux-marriage ruling, it’s a different story.
And such is the story in Morehead, Kentucky, where a county clerk has responded to the Supreme Court’s constitutional trespass by refusing to issue marriage licenses — to anyone. As the New York Times reports:
Kim Davis, the clerk in Rowan County, who says her Christian faith bars her from authorizingsame-sex marriages, has refused to issue any licenses, either to same-sex or heterosexual couples after the historic ruling in June in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges. She has ignored a direct order from Gov. Steven L. Beshear that she do so.
On Wednesday, Judge David L. Bunning of United States District Court for Eastern Kentucky, ruling in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of four couples — two same-sex and two heterosexual — ordered Ms. Davis to resume issuing licenses. But lawyers for Ms. Davis immediately appealed and sought a stay; Thursday morning, Ms. Davis did not show up at work.
Davis isn’t alone in her opposition. In the wake of Obergefell, 60 Kentucky clerks signed a petition to Governor Beshear stating that they had religious objections to issuing faux-marriage licenses, although most complied with his directive for fear of job loss. And as the Times also tells us, “In Alabama, probate judges in 13 of 67 counties are, like Ms. Davis, declining to issue marriage licenses to anyone. One, Judge Nick Williams of Washington County, has urged the state justices to issue a ‘landmark ruling’ to defy the Supreme Court. And State Senator Greg Albritton is calling for the state to get out of the marriage license business.” In the latter it joins Mississippi, which also may remove itself from the marriage-license business.
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Her job is to make sure those getting a license full fill all the legal requirements, period.
ReplyDeleteShe herself has been married three times. no legal limit on the number of marriages for her.
I support these people. Homosexual relationships exist for sexual satisfaction alone, and have nothing to do with family or marriage.
ReplyDeleteMarriage is something completely different.
We need to nulify slavery, then we might get some work out of them!
ReplyDeleteNullification is, as Jefferson instructed, the "rightful remedy" for any and all unconstitutional federal dictates.
ReplyDeleteThe government is MAKING this woman do something against her religion. Yet, trying to get a Muslim to take off their head-scarf for a state-issued ID is infringement. Thanks lefties!
ReplyDeleteObviously the job is now against the woman's religion. She needs to resign and find a job more to her liking.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe the gay perverted, morally corrupt, sinning, abominations just need to take a ride and find a clerk and/or judge who is just as perverted,morally corrupt and sinful as they are who will issue a license to unite. A marriage license for gays is not possible as fully outlined in our Bible and by the word of God. Just wonder what the gays will use for an excuse come Judgment Day??
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ReplyDeletewhen she took the job, there were no "pervertions". her expectation was clear. however, the government made a law against her religion by forcing her to accept something against her beliefs (whether her beliefs are right or wrong, it IS a religion). the very first amendment states "the government shall make no laws regarding religion or worship".
and by your logic, "if she doesnt like it, she should leave." why didnt you have that same tune when gays didnt like the law?