Religious Belief Exemptions Do Not Apply To Public Servants

The Kansas legislature has just passed a law that protects private businesses and individuals from having to provide service to same sex couples if provision such service would violate the religious beliefs of the private business/individual. Thus, the wedding cake and wedding photography cases would not happen in Kansas.So far, so good.But Republicans also insisted that the law allow government officials to use the same religious objection to refuse to provide government ...services to same sex couples. News flash to Republicans: justice must be blind, government must not discriminate, and government workers are not entitled to their jobs if their religious beliefs are offended by any part of "equal justice under law." If your religious beliefs are opposed to same sex marriage, that's your right - but then you don't have a *right* to a job in the city clerk's office. -- Ed Mazlish