Bobby Jindal administration says jailed Kentucky clerk would be protected in Louisiana

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Bobby Jindal believes a Kentucky clerk who is headed to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples would be legally protected in Louisiana.

"We believe the U.S. Constitution, Louisiana Constitution, Louisiana's Preservation of Religious Freedom Act, as well as our Executive Order prevents government from compelling individuals to violate sincerely held religious beliefs," said Mike Reed, spokesman for the governor, when asked if the Kentucky clerk would face the same legal problems in Jindal's home state.

The governor's presidential campaign also expressed sympathy for Kim Davis, who makes $80,000 per year as an elected clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky.

"Every person should be able to follow their conscience, and clerks who cannot in good conscience participate in same-sex marriage should not be forced to violate their beliefs," Jindal campaign spokeswoman Shannon Dirmann told The Associated Press.

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[msongs]

1. so if the clerk says Indian Americans can't get legal licenses Jindal is cool with that? nt

[napi21]

2. I think Mr. Jindal doesn't understand the law. The SCOTUS overrules

State law! Yes Bobby, even in La. That clerk is violating FEDERAL LAW, and even in YOUR State, that can't happen.

[underpants]

3. Plus- governors can't tell Feferal Judges what to do

Jindal is just pandering for attention.

[thebighobgoblin]

4. Jindal is pathetic

A guy who isn't stupid, who only a few years ago attacked his own party for being the party of stupid, but now seems hellbent on trying to be stupid.

Can't wait for this guy to go into the waste bin of political history.

[Fairgo]

5. You are so right

What makes this all so ....slimy, is that Jindal is not stupid. He demonstrates the ease with which he will prostitute his own lifestory for a seat at the table of pigs. It's hard to watch, in a way...the surrender of one's humanity.

[secondwind]

6. With a hefty pension for life paid for by you and me....... grrr

[ejbr]

7. Wait

So the Civil War was for nothing?

The south could have just kept doing its thing with no consequence? Wow...thanks for that history lesson Bobby. Idiot.

[patricia92243]

8. The only thing he would accomplish is that HE might be in jail beside her for going

against the Supreme Court.

Also, "Every person should be able to follow their conscience" would be such a mess that we would not be able to function as a society.

[SmittynMo]

9. Might not be stupid, but

is a total idiot. So how can you not be stupid and still continue to be an idiot? I'm guessing he and Jeb! are best buddies. They have a lot in common.