On September 15, a woman named Kim Davis refused to issue
marriage licences to same-sex couples saying that it went against her religious
principles. Because of this she spent six days in jail. This didn't make her
change her stance at all. She asked to remove her name and title from
certificates to keep her constant with her faith, but this would probably
invalidate the certificates.
Kim Davis chose the form of nonviolent protest
against laws that appear to her to violate natural law about sexuality and
marriage. I believe Kim Davis has a right to her faith. It is in the Constitution
that laws cannot interfere with someone’s religious freedoms. However, I don’t
necessarily think that her refusing to give marriage licenses is going against
her faith.
She should not be doing that job if she refuses to do critical parts
of it. She should definitely not have been jailed for standing up for her
rights though. Because she is a government official, she is obligated to doing
her job. If she cannot do so, she should not have that job. Someone who works
for the government can’t just pick and choose certain things that they want to
enforce.
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