Oh my "God..."
The Kim Davis situation is ridiculously simple.
No one is trampling on her ability to practice her religion, not allowing her to believe in her belief system or making her do anything against her will.
It's a question of her doing the job that she was hired to do.
If Kim Davis were my employee, I would be brutally straight forward with her:
she does not have to believe in the certificates she is handing out but she must perform the task that she was hired for and agreed to do.
This is an equal rights matter not a religious argument.
I'm sure there are Jewish people working at Albertsons or Kroger or any chain grocer that sells bacon. When I purchase bacon from a Jewish cashier, it does not make them less Jewish.
They could care less if I die of a heart attack.
When I purchase a latte from a Mormon person who works at Starbucks, they are still Mormon and I haven't affected their belief in the church.
Kim Davis would have you believe that she has to give up her religious integrity in order to carry out her job. Whether somebody is married to the same-sex or not does not reflect on her or her belief system.
She is simply rubber stamping a certificate that is endorsed by the state, just like selling bacon or coffee.
Kim Davis is not a persecuted Christian being fed to the lions but a grand standing attention seeking wannabe martyr with nothing to say, much less listen to.
She is only upstaged by the talking from both sides of their face, political hucksters Cruz and Huckabee who shamelessly ride on her back of vapid martyrdom trying to look morally superior and presidential. Whorish is the word that comes to my mind instead of presidential.
And the media sucks at the teat of controversy, all media outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, Fox and NPR.. This is not really a story but it fuels controversy and that makes ratings. And ratings have become news.
This was a story about a woman who refused to the job she was hired to do.
I would have fired her and found someone who didn't have trouble signing a certificate.
Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThis post was a breath of fresh air. People seem to be forgetting that we are talking about a government job. Government jobs are reflections of our government, not of our personal beliefs. Most jobs require us to do things that we may not personally agree with. Davis isn't a pedestal for her god's beliefs. She's a bad employee that preaches intolerance.
It may be hard to express this point in Utah, because work lives and church lives are one to one here. There should be a separation, but Utah is very bad at this and implies everyone is of the same beliefs. I've experienced group prayers at work lunches(a government job too, technically), without many blinking an eye. Yet any other culture would find this behavior shocking.
Thank you for sharing your comment! I often times find myself alone in my stance which is fine, it doesn't change anything, but knowing someone else agrees and feels the same way is great!
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I agree that she was hired to do a job. When the law changed she should have found a different department to work in. There was a circus around her decision, but I also believe she should not have to do anything against her moral standards. The simple solution is to work else where. But where is the drama in that?
ReplyDeleteI understand your point but if she's hired and under a contract to do a specific thing it doesn't matter whether or not she agrees with it.
DeleteLike I mentioned above, people/employees have to do and sell ideas/items all of the time regardless of their religious beliefs.
Thanks goodness she hasn't been assassinated. Imagine the pandemonium.
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