Posted on 07/10/2015 10:29:45 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
With an 8 paragraph long statement Republican candidate for governor Matt Bevin is siding with county clerks in their request to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples online.
Bevin, who initially expressed disappointment in the U.S. Supreme Court decision allow same-sex couples to be married, said his first thought is that the “government should be out of the marriage business altogether.”
“We can comply with the law while protecting our citizens’ rights to freedom of religion simply by separating the religious covenant of marriage from the legal, contractual relationship established by marriage as recognized by the state,” Bevin said. “The two are separate and they should be treated as such. Two consenting adults should not need to ask for permission from the government to enter into a contractual relationship – a license should not be needed.”
Bevin said if that was the case then, as with other contracts, the “government’s role should be limited to recording, interpreting, or enforcing such contracts in times of dispute.”
Recognizing that marriage is not performed in such a manner, Bevin said the licensing process should be changed the way some Kentucky county clerks are requesting.
“(W)e can make marriage licenses, or a marriage contract template, available as we do with other standard legal forms,” he said. “Forms can be available for pick-up, or downloadable, as you might download a power of attorney form. The form would then be presented to those with authority to approve or solemnize a marriage contract. That duly-executed marriage contract could then be filed and recorded at the county clerk’s office just like a mortgage, a lien, a deed, etc.”
Bevin said the approach would allow clerks to comply with the law of the land, while still allowing clerks their deeply held beliefs.
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County clerks would still be required to record homosexual cohabitation. Bevin has only proposed a means to be on both sides of the issue. WARNING:RINOSPEAK
I’m disappointed. There is no “law” to comply to.
“Law” (AKA “settled law”) = a court decision favorable to the Left
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