Following the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage equality a week and a half ago, the entire Decatur County (Tennessee) clerk staff announced they'll be resigning on July 14th, due to their refusal of handing out marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
Along with her two employees, Sharon Bell and Mickey Butler, clerk Gwen Pope will be leaving her job, telling the Jackson Sun, "It's for the glory of God. He's going to get all the glory," adding, "I honestly believe God will take care of us." Hopefully for her sake, she's right, for none of the three have backup jobs at this point.
In response to the announcement, Decatur County Commissioner David Boroughs said, "I'm proud of them that their faith is so strong and well-rounded that they feel they can do that."
I'm finding all of these stories to be simultaneously sad and hilarious. Perhaps I find them to be so sad, they're hilarious, but regardless, how brainwashed are these people? Do they truly feel once they pass, God's going to say, "You know, it was 50/50 whether or not you'd be going to heaven, but after you quit your job without a backup plan and risked the livelihoods of yourselves and your families all because you thought I wouldn't be cool with you handing out marriage licenses to couples whom loved each other, I thought to myself, 'These people are serious! They're definitely on their way to the promised land! I mean, sure men had multiple wives in the Bible and rape victims had to marry their rapists, but we've got to draw the line somewhere, right? ...and two old men that have been together for 55 years getting married is that very line! Well done, people! Well done!'"?
I also find such stories to be comical because I'd venture to guess that 99% of people have worked with or served someone they didn't particularly like or agree with on much of anything. If everyone left their job tomorrow because of one person they didn't particularly care for or one disagreement they had with another at their workplace, unemployment would skyrocket to near 100%.
I'm sorry, but these three individuals and others like them are acting extremely childish. They didn't get their way, which allowed a certain demographic to attain equal marriage rights as them, and they're going to protest by quitting their jobs? Did they quit when handing out marriage licenses to men and women whom had been married or committed adultery before? Nope. But, you know, the all-loving, all-accepting savior is much more forgiving of disloyal heterosexual relationships than loyal homosexual ones. It's in the Bible or something... Somewhere... I'll keep looking. This could take a while...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tenn-county-clerk-staff-resigns-gay-marriage-ruling-article-1.2281567
Along with her two employees, Sharon Bell and Mickey Butler, clerk Gwen Pope will be leaving her job, telling the Jackson Sun, "It's for the glory of God. He's going to get all the glory," adding, "I honestly believe God will take care of us." Hopefully for her sake, she's right, for none of the three have backup jobs at this point.
In response to the announcement, Decatur County Commissioner David Boroughs said, "I'm proud of them that their faith is so strong and well-rounded that they feel they can do that."
I'm finding all of these stories to be simultaneously sad and hilarious. Perhaps I find them to be so sad, they're hilarious, but regardless, how brainwashed are these people? Do they truly feel once they pass, God's going to say, "You know, it was 50/50 whether or not you'd be going to heaven, but after you quit your job without a backup plan and risked the livelihoods of yourselves and your families all because you thought I wouldn't be cool with you handing out marriage licenses to couples whom loved each other, I thought to myself, 'These people are serious! They're definitely on their way to the promised land! I mean, sure men had multiple wives in the Bible and rape victims had to marry their rapists, but we've got to draw the line somewhere, right? ...and two old men that have been together for 55 years getting married is that very line! Well done, people! Well done!'"?
I also find such stories to be comical because I'd venture to guess that 99% of people have worked with or served someone they didn't particularly like or agree with on much of anything. If everyone left their job tomorrow because of one person they didn't particularly care for or one disagreement they had with another at their workplace, unemployment would skyrocket to near 100%.
I'm sorry, but these three individuals and others like them are acting extremely childish. They didn't get their way, which allowed a certain demographic to attain equal marriage rights as them, and they're going to protest by quitting their jobs? Did they quit when handing out marriage licenses to men and women whom had been married or committed adultery before? Nope. But, you know, the all-loving, all-accepting savior is much more forgiving of disloyal heterosexual relationships than loyal homosexual ones. It's in the Bible or something... Somewhere... I'll keep looking. This could take a while...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tenn-county-clerk-staff-resigns-gay-marriage-ruling-article-1.2281567
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