The high-profile case of Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue a marriage license certificate to a same-sex couple, has raised questions about law, conscience, and religious liberty. Can exercising religious freedom trump obeying the law? Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Roger Severino, director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at the Heritage Foundation, discuss the Kentucky case with host Bob Abernethy.
Here’s the rub about Kim Davis–what law is she supposed to obey? The Supreme Court can not write or enact legislation. There is no legislation anywhere in federal law or Kentucky law that covers this situation. The only Kentucky law I am aware of says she doesn’t have to issue the licenses. So now we have totally perverted the constitution so that courts may now write, enact and enforce legislation. There are much bigger issues here than liberals and the LGBTXYZ lobby would have you believe. To me the constitution is a restraint on government; to them it’s a mere inconvenience to be subverted.
However, if the law were clear, she would be in the position of 1st Century Christians who had to obey the law and offer incense to Caesar (recognizing him as a god) or be guilty of treason. In both cases disobedience to the law is necessary to remain faithful to the faith. As a Christian she did the right thing
What if she were a Muslim refusing to grant a license for a pork barbecue restaurant?