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Tennessee GOP quietly overturns marriage equality by giving officials the right to refuse
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this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024
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Wait.. aren't you people the same one's telling everyone they can't tell you what to do with your body, but here you want to demand someone give up their choice? If one person refuses, move on to the next. A lot of you don't understand the word freedom, or hypocrite.
Let's say it's my religion that I think you should not be allowed to drive because I don't like you. Now let's say I work at the DMV and you walk up, should I be allowed to deny you a license because it's my religion?
I'll go to the next clerk.
And if it's a one-horse town and there's no alternative clerk?
Did you read the article? it's not the clerk that this relates to it's the officiant. so first of all your example it total bullshit stickman argument. Second, anyone with an internet connection can become 'ordained' and eligible to be an officiant in a wedding. I know this because I have done it myself, and my coworker sitting next to me does this OFTEN. Third there is no "gotcha" here. You're simply mad because people are being given freedom to choose.
Is it "freedom to choose" when a restaurant tells black customers "we don't serve your kind"?
An officiant isn't a government entity.
For a business to discriminate in many parts of the US, there may be only 1 bakery, or bank, or car rental place, etc. Some places are small, you can't just "go to someone else" when you only have One option. Almost all business are considered “places of public accommodation”.
For government to discriminate we have the same issue. Many offices have very few employees in MOST of the US. Only large metropolitan cities have, almost adequate, staff. There are not 100 court clerks in Podunk Alabama, or Nowhere Nevada. These places probably have 1 clerk doing multiple jobs.
If you own a business, or work in a government job, you serve the public. That means every nice person, and every freak you hate. This ain't no hamburger at Burger King, you don't get to "have it your way".
Nobody should have the right to infringe upon others' rights. Look up the paradox of tolerance.
it's not infringing though. they aren't saying you can't, they are saying they won't.
So, if an Amish person decided to work at the DMV, they should be able to refuse driver's licenses to everyone? It's against their beliefs, after all. (I don't know if it technically is, but play along, for the sake of argument.) Or... Should they maybe just not have that job, since it's a matter of what is legally required to do something? Whether it's 1% or 100% of the population, it's their beliefs that are more important, right?
Edit: I know this is a shitty argument. That's the point.