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This makes total sense. What's frustrating is that everyone focuses on the religious choice aspect while not asking the real question like why was this one person in charge of the entire county when it was known she had an issue. I'm sure this would lead to a larger investigation to find she wasn't the only one with the issue of marrying a same-sex couple.
Really, the county should be held accountable, not this woman. The county has the obligation to marry same-sex couples. The county staffed one person whom they probably knew would have this issue.
The county should reprimand the woman for not fulfilling her duties as a representative, she should have sued the county for putting her in that position by not hiring someone else, and the couple should have sued the county. I'm not really familiar enough with the case to know how this actually went down.
Her job was an elected position so what do you expect the county to do?
I didn't know this was an elected position. I could see how that complicates the matter.
Still, even if The People elect a person to a publicly held office as a representative of their interests, the elected official is obligated to uphold the law. If they're unable to do so, either the county should have prevented her from taking the position or she should be held accountable for lying. Either way, the county should be facilitating the law to allow same-sex couples to be married.