The Religious Right: All Power-Lust, No Conscience

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Thursday September 10, 2015 · 10:41 AM PDT

2015/09/10 · 10:41

We have a history of confusing the imposition of one’s religion on others with religious liberty. Witness the “War on Christians,” which is Fox’s way of saying that Christians no longer have the liberty to force their beliefs on the entire nation.

The latest evidence for a pogrom against Christians is a contempt of court ruling against a County Clerk in Kentucky (to be fair, Fox and the religious right typically do not deal in evidence). This particular persecution was spurred, ironically, by a Catholic Supreme Court. Homosexuals have been granted their humanity, and fundamentalist are rending their garments and gnashing their teeth.

It‘s pretty straightforward: if you hate gay marriage, don’t marry a gay. You still are free to hate gays. You are free to say that you hate gays. You are free to believe that gays will writhe in eternal pain in the belly of Hell – a wonderfully Christian thought. (By the way, the Bible does not say that it’s enough to keep them from marrying each other. It says you have to kill them. So, what part of Hell is reserved for believers who disregard Biblical injunctions?)

What you are not free to do is impose your beliefs on others. And you absolutely, unequivocally, unconditionally are not free to use the force of a government office to impose your beliefs on others. But a County Clerk in Kentucky has been doing exactly that, and it has made her the newest icon of the religious right. She’s an unlikely proponent of Christian family values, having been married four times. But, hey, you have to make a stand somewhere. Kim Davis just decided to make her stand with someone else’s marriage.

Again, it’s straightforward: you chose to run for an elected office and now find that your personal beliefs no longer will allow you to fulfill its duties and responsibilities. So, resign. You put a winning campaign together, so you are not in poverty and needful of concessions to keep the only job you can find. You are living off the taxpayers – including the gay ones that you refuse to serve. You are a representative of the State of Kentucky who refuses to abide by the law of the land. So, step up and do the right thing: resign.

If Kim Davis had any conscience, let alone as much of one as she keeps talking about, she would have resigned to begin with and not be demanding special accommodations as an elected official. If pundits and commentators had any conscience, they would not be suggesting that we sweep this under the rug with special accommodations. And if Kentucky politicians have any conscience, they will not provide special accommodations.

Resign.

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