At least, as in the case of Rowan County (KY) Clerk Kim Davis, whose request for a stay pending appeal to the 6th Circuit was unanimously denied. The 6th made an important observation:
Translation: It's not about you, Ms. Davis.
I think I've remarked before on the narcissism of the "Christian" right. I'm not the only one to notice.
“In light of the binding holding of Obergefell, it cannot be defensibly argued that the holder of the Rowan County Clerk’s office, apart from who personally occupies that office, may decline to act in conformity with the United States Constitution as interpreted by a dispositive holding of the United States Supreme Court,” the judge ruled. “There is thus little or no likelihood that the Clerk in her official capacity will prevail on appeal.”
Translation: It's not about you, Ms. Davis.
I think I've remarked before on the narcissism of the "Christian" right. I'm not the only one to notice.
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