She has been arguing that, as a Christian, she should not have to follow state rules about judicial impartiality.
A Texas judge is asking a federal court to overturn marriage equality in the U.S., arguing in a lawsuit filed on Friday that marriage for same-sex couples is unconstitutional because it was legalized in a decision that “subordinat[ed] state law to the policy preferences of unelected judges.”
The case involves Judge Dianne Hensley of Waco, Texas, who has been involved in years of legal proceedings to try to win the right to not perform marriages for same-sex couples while still performing them for opposite-sex couples. She claims that, as a Christian, she should not have to follow state judicial ethics rules about impartiality.
Brother, I’ve got some news for you…
I can marry people, some went and got the government contract some didn’t.
So marriage is sometimes a contract, but not always.
It really is a personal and sometimes spiritual thing.
It is cultural as well.
The contract part that some governments provide, well that is the point I am making, there should be no discrimination as to who enters it.
When one of the people you married is in a coma in the hospital and the spouse wants to make conscientious medical decisions on the partner’s behalf, the hospital will refuse to grant these wishes because these people are not recognized as married by any actual institution that matters.
You keep focusing on the least interesting part.
Focus on the fact that two people could be married, and the government STILL doesn’t give a shit about your life partner. A contractual marriage must allow ANY consenting adults. Focus on the point that matters! Because the part you are focusing on is NOT the marriage part at all.
By the way, your personal bias is showing. There are lots of places in the world and many situations where what you said is not true.