Other: If someone is offended that homosexuals are getting married through the legal process, they should resign from their position and let someone who is more fit to allow the LGBT community marry through law.
Under the 14th Amendment, everyone should have equal protection under law. This also encompasses other legal processes, such as getting married through the office of a county under someone presiding over it. If someone has to inject their religion to say "No" to an official and lawful wedding through a legal process, they are immediately unfit for their position.
Freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom to be a douchebag about it. I'm for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and all that jazz, but if someone has to cite religion in politics, they are not fit for their position. There is an extremely good and valid reason for "Separation of Church and State". The person in question (Davis, iirc) was a [u]state[/u] employee injecting [u]religion[/u] into her civic duties. Simply because of that, she is completely unfit for her position.
If she didn't want to be a drama queen and try to start "OMG, I'M BEING PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF MY RELIGION" bullshit, she should have resigned. Is it unconstitutional for her to refuse marriages to LGBT couples because of her religion? [b]YES[/b]. She violated the 14th Amendment.
Though, the plaintiffs simply asked for her to be fined. The federal judge jailed her, and went above and beyond what the plaintiffs wanted.
Basically, let's have it in a tl;dr:
She was arrested not because of her religion. She was arrested for violating her oath, and even violating the 14th Amendment. She should have just resigned, since she was obviously unfit for her duties. It's not because of her religion, but it's because of her injecting her religion bullshit into something that didn't need to have religion put into it.
Before anyone tries to argue: No, marriage predates religion. Christianity and other religions do not have sole rights to that word.
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