Supreme Court affirms right to gay marriage

The majority of states legalized gay marriage. Why, then, is this a blow to democracy as stated by the dissenting judges? Furthermore, the Constitution serves to protect the minority from the will of the majority.

Congress creates laws. SCOTUS determines if those laws are in compliance with the Constitution.

Are you referring to:

2015, Obergefell v. Hodges, which made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states, or...

1968, Loving v. Virginia, which made interracial marriage legal in all 50 states.

Constitutional rights trump any law. I guess you didn't know that.

Welcome to the concept of tolerance!

DonDiego is hopeful that the expanding tolerance/acceptance shown to homosexual-couples, by the courts and the population generally, is reciprocated with a tolerance of those officials who's religious beliefs, f'rinstance, forbid them from marrying a same-sex couple.

Perhaps if everybody just put a little effort into trying to get along with one another, instead of forcing one's beliefs on someone else, . . . life would be a mite better for everybody.

Nope. And if they can't do the government job they were hired to do, they should quit. Or DonDiego, based on religious beliefs, should they be able to refuse interracial couples? Or interfaith couples? Or atheists? Or satanists? Or couples that have no intention of having children?

From the trial judge who was overturned in Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court case that made interracial marriage legal in all 50 states:

"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."

Religious assholes are still pulling that shit.

Tolerance for government officials who, in fulfilling the obligations of their office, want to unilaterally impose their religous beliefs on others? Not going to happen.

Religious people who choose to be government officials have to accept that their choice requires them to do so without regard to their religion's dictates.

Our police departments aren't going to retain cops who refuse to associate with non-Christians. 2 John 1:10. The job of a cop is to deal with all sorts of people, not just Christians. Don't be a cop if you don't want to associate with people of different faiths.

Our fire departments aren't going to retain firemen who refuse to douse the burning homes of non-believers. Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT. The job of a fireman is to put out fires. We're not going to let rogue firemen refuse to put out the fires of people who have a different faith.

Our court systems aren't going to retain clerks who refuse to process divorce applications. Matthew 19:6. The job of a court clerk is to process paperwork as our laws require. We're not going to let rogue clerks who think that Man must not separate marriages joined by the Lord God hisself refuse to advance the divorce applications of people who share a different faith.

Look how hard Double D is trying to frustrate yesterday's great victory for civil rights. Clearly he hasn't put much thought into this roadblock of his.

DonDiego is pleased to be informed of forkushV's level of tolerance of those who hold beliefs not in accordance with his own. It's refreshing that he doesn't hold back.

DonDiego opines it is not a good thing for the Government to force all people to do things they do not wish to do.

DonDiego is also of the opinion that a "right" cannot impose an obligation on someone else, especially an obligation directly in contradiction to fervently held beliefs.

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DonDiego is pleased to be informed of Chilcoot's level of tolerance of those who hold beliefs not in accordance with his own. It's refreshing that he doesn't hold back.

Is a Catholic Priest a Government Official ?

The hell it can't. See my post above.

Playing dumb should be below you.

DonDiego was not intending to play dumb.
For the record, DonDiego has not yet found anything below him.

DonDiego will rephrase the question:
Is a Catholic Priest or a Mormon Priest or an Islamic Imam permitted to refuse to marry a homosexual couple ?

And if they are obligated to do so and refuse, what is the punishment ?