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Yeah no, I don't think throwing people in jail for conscientiously objecting is a good idea... In saying that she needs to step down since she's breaking the law. But to throw her in jail is to invite a very dangerous precedent.
People get thrown in jail for contempt of court all the time. The precedent is there already. It is a bad one, but that ship has sailed. I'd love to see the ability of judges to throw people in jail indefinitely removed completely, but until then, it's just how contempt of court is done. The reason she isn't in jail is because the people above her support her, so it has to follow the federal judicial process.
an act of unlawful defiance that has made her a hero to the religious right and a villain to progressives.
Ah, no. The one thing I am not is a progressive (evil SJW type folks)--I'm a libertarian. But, that doesn't stop me from considering her a villain. The government cannot discriminate or impose religious tests for anything so this woman is simply refusing to do the job she is paid to do. She should be fined double whatever she is being paid until she decides to do her job or she resigns--putting her in jail would simply cost taxpayers more money and not resolve the issue.
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[–] Kad 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah no, I don't think throwing people in jail for conscientiously objecting is a good idea... In saying that she needs to step down since she's breaking the law. But to throw her in jail is to invite a very dangerous precedent.
[–] Belisaerio 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
People get thrown in jail for contempt of court all the time. The precedent is there already. It is a bad one, but that ship has sailed. I'd love to see the ability of judges to throw people in jail indefinitely removed completely, but until then, it's just how contempt of court is done. The reason she isn't in jail is because the people above her support her, so it has to follow the federal judicial process.
[–] MarcoVincenzo 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Ah, no. The one thing I am not is a progressive (evil SJW type folks)--I'm a libertarian. But, that doesn't stop me from considering her a villain. The government cannot discriminate or impose religious tests for anything so this woman is simply refusing to do the job she is paid to do. She should be fined double whatever she is being paid until she decides to do her job or she resigns--putting her in jail would simply cost taxpayers more money and not resolve the issue.