I think I
have multiple personality disorder because I'm hearing voices. One voice in my head saying "You know
you're strolling into a minefield, don’t do it, back away slowly.” Then another
is saying “Go ahead. Not pointing it out is killing you. Your head is about to
explode.” If know me, you know the struggle. I’m fighting it…truly I am…oh
never mind.
First of
all; those who oppose the ruling regarding same sex marriage saying that SCOTUS
had no right…what about the SCOTUS decision regarding Hobby Lobby & Affordable
Care Act/ObamaCare in 2014? This is not a one way street…if they had the
authority to rule in agreement with your opinion; they also have the authority
to rule in opposition of your opinion.
I’m not
going to say that I know all of the details but from what I’ve read & seen
(different news sources), but here is my opinion. Kim Davis has a right to her
opinion, her beliefs and to practice whatever Faith she wants. However, as an
elected official she had a job to do & she didn’t do it. If she couldn’t do
it, she should have quit/resigned. I can understand why she didn’t…I’d have a
hard time leaving an $80,000 a year job myself. Before you call her a hypocrite
because of her multiple marriages, etc, as a Christian, when she was Saved, her
past sins were forgiven. (That may not be your beliefs, but it is hers.) Kim
Davis wasn’t put in jail because she was a Christian. She was put in jail because she defied a court
order. She may not agree with it, but her job required her to issue marriage
licenses to same sex couples. That’s her job. There is a Muslim flight attendant,
Charee
Stanley, who was suspended for refusing to serve alcohol and she may be
fired. That’s her job. Yes, she was able to shift it to other flight attendants
but apparently another flight attendant took issue with it and filed a
complaint. She has been suspended and may be fired because she didn’t do her
job. Kim Davis couldn’t be fired because she was elected – she’d have to
be impeached. If Ms. Davis is allowed to choose which of her job duties
she will or will not execute based on her religion, shy shouldn’t Ms. Stanley
be allowed to do the same? If a waitress was Jewish, would it be ok for them to
refuse to work between sunset on Friday and sunset on Saturday? Playing Devil’s
advocate, if a Christian can be allowed to pick and choose the laws they want
to obey based on their beliefs and the Bible then will people of other faiths be
given the same leeway? Jewish? Pagans? Buddhists? Satanists? Muslims?
Do I believe
in God, the Christian faith? Yes. Do I think it is the better path and that everyone
should? Yes, but so do 99% of the people in 99% of all other faiths, so I’m not
that ‘special’. Do I support same sex marriage? Yes. Do I support same sex couples
adopting? Yes. Do I think my religion, beliefs and opinions should be forced on
anyone/everyone? No.
