More proof that religion and LGBT rights are completely incompatible...

I know. I have a lot of questions too. Why do crocodiles and penguins basically walk the same even though one walks on four legs and one on two? Why are macarons and macaroons two different things? If evolution is real, why has my cat stayed the same the entire time I’ve had her? Why are bees dying and why are all…

Your standards are awe inspiring.

You’re right, I’m sorry. This is totally all about you and your diversity class.

you’re dumb. its for stuff like bathrooms and locker rooms. if you want your character to identify as male or female make a character of that gender and use imagination on their backsory

Feels like you’re doing it wrong.

You deserve extra stars for a very fine Eurythmics reference....however, I should think that Sweet Dreams is not a deep cut (it is, after all, the song that most folks associate with Eurythmics)

Which raises these questions:

As I can’t edit, going to add another thing here.

The clerk is a government employee, as such his refusal to deny marriage certificates is a violation of the Establishment Clause. Read it here for yourself.

As a government employee he can’t deny a marriage certificate because of a religious reason, doing so would be a…

Is his job as a government employee to uphold and abide by the laws and restrictions of the United States government? The answer to that is yes, that is his job. His job doesn’t involve picking and choosing what he can and can’t do. He is required to abide by these or else face dereliction of duty.

So the answer to my…

It’s funny because I quoted this at you and pointed out that it doesn’t include “Not doing your job.”. Are you choosing to ignore this?

Is his job giving out marriage licenses in accordance with the laws of the United States? It is? Well then he isn’t doing his job. He’s picking and choosing what his duties are, that’s not protected under the law you stated. He’s not doing the job he was hired to (and maybe even elected, as in the case of some places…

The keyword there is “reasonable”. Since the primary goal of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is prohibit discrimination for both private business and government access, it would not be legally “reasonable” to protect a government worker’s religious beliefs in such a way that enables them to deny a citizen equal access…

Thanks. I was not aware there was that much activity on this issue. That is good news.

This guy gets that he isn’t being asked to perform the ceremony, be a witness (and if he is, he can say “no”), or offer congratulations or his blessing, right? I mean, the woman who issued our license was nice enough but she was pretty down-to-business and performed her job efficiently and without much commentary.…

I threw back my head and laughed at this specific line:

I find it rich that the same people who complain about lazy people on welfare are the ones refusing to, you know, actually do their jobs.

It's not. There are many different ways to live life, or to even view the life you already have.

Yeah, some days it bums me out too. Whenever I see people making positive advancements I think to myself "in a small way I helped make that possible." Whenever I see people making negative advancements I think "damn it, people like them are only possible because people like me let them be." I suppose that it's…

Not everyone can live a "special" life though. The world needs drones to produce excess resources so that artists and artisans can create things for a purpose beyond mere survival. That's pretty much the entire basis for how Human culture and Human advancement became at all possible.