Liberty Council Wants Sanctuary Cities Where Gay Marriage Can’t 'Hurt Them'

[big_dog]

Source: Wonkette & Right Wing Watch Aug 04 10:45 2015

Mat Staver, a lawyer with the rightwing Liberty Counsel, encouraged local governments to “stand up and resist” the Supreme Court’s decisions on abortions and marriage equality.

We have an independent duty to also interpret the same Constitution that they do, and there’s nothing in there about a Constitutional right to same-sex marriage, so in our state, I think what they ought to do is still say marriage is between a man and a woman, and we’re not going to recognize anything else. “You know what, if some cities can create sanctuary cities for illegal aliens, why can’t a city or a state create a sanctuary city or state to protect the preborn?” Host Jim Schneider added, “And to protect marriage.” And wouldn’t you know it, Staver agreed: “And to protect marriage, absolutely.”

Staver then gave the example of one of his Kim Davis, a clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, who is being forced against her will to do her job, which is issuing marriage licenses. She needs a sanctuary city to live in where she won’t have to do her job at all, because when a clerk issues a license for anything, it puts that clerk’s stamp of moral approval on that thing:

“They provide a license to do something. They provide a license that gives you the legal authority to drive a car. They provide a license that gives you a legal authority to operate a business. So they’re providing a license that gives you a legal authority to do what? To engage in a sinful activity with a sinful relationship, a same-sex so-called marriage.”




Read more: http://wonkette.com/592504/wingnuts-want-very-own-sanctuary-cities-where-gay-abortions-cant-hurt-them

[rpannier]

1. I have a suggestion for Staver that will save her from having to issue

get a frickin different job

[roguevalley]

23. call them waahvilles

[Jamastiene]

2. So, is he proposing to ban divorce in those "safe" cities?

If not, he's full of shit. I will just skip the obligatory wait time for an answer (they never propose to ban divorce to "protect" marriage) and say he is full of shit.

[big_dog]

4. that was my question. what if the local county clerk was a practicing hard line Opus Dei catholic?

they do not accept divorce for any reason except for annulments, i've heard cases of where catholics married 19 years have had to get annulments

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Imagine the first time a gay kid is born....

I suppose they entire town will take part in the stoning.

[Betty Karlson]

13. The kid will be driven to suicide

That's the usual way to handle gay kids in reactionary circles.

Have you missed that part of the news? There's actually been an epidemic of LGBT suicides in recent years.

[6chars]

5. they literally want sanctuary from the constitution

now that the supreme court has spoken.

[big_dog]

6. this ends with National Guard being called up by the president to enforce the laws of the country

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just ilke in Little Rock of the 1960's

[christx30]

7. Well, none of those things can actually harm you,

and you aren't effected in any way unless you decide to take part in them. So, you win, everywhere!
But it's not about harming you. It's about preventing you from harming others.

[drm604]

8. A sanctuary city for zygotes?

How would that work? They could flee there to protect themselves from their abortion-minded mother?

[big_dog]

9. it would be a 'sancutary city' where all of the planned parenthoood clinics would be closed

after President Trump signs the wingnut legisation into law

[bluestateguy]

10. Better than that: they can have a whole country

Move to Uganda.

[DinahMoeHum]

17. Move to Uganda. . .or North Korea

n/t

[marmar]

11. Found one:

[jtuck004]

12. Zimbabwe. cya. n/t

[jmowreader]

14. I have to know...

Was it this hard when they told these same people they had to let the "coloreds" sit at the front of the bus?

[dem in texas]

19. Yes, it was - Remember Rosa Parks

The bus boycott in Montgomery lasted over a year.

[Cryptoad]

15. But none dare call it,,,,,

Sedition !

[RKP5637]

16. And they worry about "them" over there in other countries. Jerks like this are

social terrorists, absolutely! Individuals like this really need to go get a life. Apparently they have none, as they make it their perpetual business to invade other peoples lives with their social terrorism.

[tanyev]

18. The spirit of the groups who came to America for religious freedom and were intolerant

of every other religion lives on.

[yellowcanine]

20. We need sanctuary cities protecting us from the Christian Taliban.

Seriously.

[wolfie001]

21. Presidential elections really bring out the religious freaks in this country! nt

[ShrimpPoboy]

22. Apples and oranges

Equal protection is a constitutional right and, effectively, a mandate on the states to treat people the same way. States can't pick and choose here.

Conversely, there is no constitutional requirement (much less any kind of civil right) that says state and local law enforcement have to proactively enforce federal statutory law like immigration. I'm sure these folks have lawyers from Liberty U to explain the distinction. If they cared to listen of course...