>>>Would it be okay for a government worker who was a Quaker to refuse to issue gun licenses because it's against her religion?
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>>It certainly would be OK, if that Quaker is willing to go to jail for that act.
>>In fact, if I were in that position and someone came in with an AK47 to license I might be tempted to do just that.
>>I probably wouldn't though, because I've come to like my creature comforts.
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>>This is passive civil disobedience, as opposed to crazy people who bomb abortion clinics.
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>>The only victim in the case is Kim Davis, who has shown herself willing to go to jail for her beliefs.
>>As I said, I disagree with her, but I admire her courage.
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>My problem with her 'convictions' is that they obviously don't seem to apply to her. Divorces three times, pregnant by someone other than her husband - even though she ended up marrying the father (her 3rd husband) AFTER her second husband adopted those children. How is this upholding the 'sanctity of marriage'?
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>She's just another case of 'do as I say, not as I do'.

That biography certainly sweetens the plot, doesn't it?