Kim Davis's refusal to issue marriage licenses in Rowan County Kentucky is a violation of the American Constitution. She has every right to practice her beliefs IN PRIVATE, but she has no right to force those beliefs in her PUBLIC job. Her claim that the Supreme Court ruling supporting the right of Gays to marry violates her religious beliefs is wrong and in direct violation of the civil duties she agreed to execute. If she has trouble with that, she should resign her position.
Her argument can be extrapolated to allow any person to discriminate based on some absurd claim it violates his or her "religion." Does that claim extend to devout Hindus refusing to issue business permits to a steak house? Does that claim extend to devout Muslims from issue liquor licenses to bars or taverns? Does that claim allow a Quaker pacifist from issuing permits of any kind to American soldiers?
Likewise, when has it become a litmus test for PUBLIC office to be Christian? Does any candidate for President, such as Ben Carson, who openingly claims that Muslims (and other non-Christians) should not hold that office have the right to run for that office, especially when he must that an oath of office to uphold the Constitution? Does the OPEN discussion of religion have any place PUBLIC office, especially President?
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