Posted by
Billy on Monday, July 25, 2011 12:05:42 PM
Alliance Defense
Fund is attempting to help New York clerks who -- on firmly held religious
grounds -- don't wish to issue "marriage" licenses for
homosexuals.
Same-gender marriage
became legal Sunday in New York -- and Holly Carmichael, an attorney with ADF,
says there is clearly in New York law a requirement that an employer provide a
religious accommodation. That has been confirmed by the state Supreme Court.
“Even though the same-sex marriage law doesn't provide adequate protection,
other laws in New York echo what their highest court has said and requires these
religious accommodations for people who are caught between their beliefs and
what their employer is asking them to do,” says Carmichael.
It would be up to the town clerk, however, to take the first step towards
legal protection, she explains. (Conflct in NY -- religious beliefs,
'gay' agenda )