09-08-2015, 11:46 PM
(09-08-2015, 11:40 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: It certainly can get cloudy if you truly feel like the law you are being asked to follow is unconstitutional. Fortunately, that's why we have the Supreme Court to reassure us that one must, in Kim's case, give out marriage licenses to gay couples because refusing to do so would be a violation of their rights.
It's not really cloudy when the Supreme Court first strikes down the gay marriage ban you're trying to uphold and then orders you to do your job.
So we're kinda mixing feeling and laws in this response (wishy washy). 45% of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice, doesn't believe a Federal Mandate of SSM is constitutional.
So if I'm reading you right, when asked if an elected official must follow Federal Law, your answer is "depends".