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KamaAina

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Fri Sep 4, 2015, 02:00 PM Sep 2015

Carly Fiorina Says Kentucky Clerk Has Two Choices: Do Her Job Or Resign

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uncucumbered/carly_fiorina_says_kentucky_clerk_has_two_choices_do_her_job_or_resign

Presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina made an appearance on the Hugh Hewitt radio show Tuesday, where the host asked her opinion of the situation in Kentucky, where county clerk Kim Davis is refusing to issue marriage licenses because her religion is opposed to same-sex couples marrying.

Ms. Fiorina, who once proposed a Constitutional Amendment to reserve marriage for heterosexual couples, came down on the side of the courts, telling Hewitt:

"When you are a government employee, I think you take on a different role. When you are a government employee as opposed to say, an employee of another kind of organization, then in essence, you are agreeing to act as an arm of the government.”...

Fiorina said she disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision, but that their ruling had to be followed. Kim Davis has but two real choices, do her job, or find another one. No special accommodations should be made for her religious beliefs:




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Carly Fiorina Says Kentucky Clerk Has Two Choices: Do Her Job Or Resign (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2015 OP
Guess she learned something as a CEO 6chars Sep 2015 #1
She will be a cult of one hifiguy Sep 2015 #2
stopped clock nt steve2470 Sep 2015 #3
Wow, I actually agree with Carly on something. smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #4
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