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ORIGINAL: jlf1961 Actually, the two issues are unrelated. The issue here is she is refusing to issue marriage licenses on the grounds of her religion, which is not protected under the constitution. There are officers of the Hindu faith in the US military, and must, regardless of their beliefs, treat Sikhs with the same respect as due other members of the Armed Services. The constitution protects her right only in the private sector, as a public administrator or elected she is required by law to follow the laws, both federal and local. If this is a problem, she can resign. For her to win the case, she would have to prove the laws of the United States, as well as the constitution are based on Christian moral law, which has been tried in the past and lost. That's largely how I see it. An interesting hypothetical would be whether a devout Catholic clerk has the right to deny a marriage license to someone--say, Kim Davis--remarrying after a divorce, which the RCC forbids.
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