The Top 40: Every Christian elected official should be determining, within the scope of their duties, which lines they will not allow the state to cross.

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September 4, 2015

Every Christian elected official should be determining, within the scope of their duties, which lines they will not allow the state to cross.

First, whenever we get to that elusive and ever-receding “hill to die on,” we will discover, upon our arrival there, that it only looked like a hill to die on from a distance. Up close, when the possible dying is also up close, it kind of looks like every other hill.

All of a sudden it looks like a hill to stay alive on, covered over with topsoil that looks suspiciously like common ground. So it turns out that surrendering hills is not the best way to train for defending the most important ones. Retreat is habit-forming. … The point here is not just private conscience. The right to liberty of conscience is at play with florists, bakers, and so on. But Kim Davis is not just keeping herself from sinning, she is preventing Rowan County from sinning. That is part of her job. Never Yet Melted » Kim Davis's Honorable Stand

Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 4, 2015 10:45 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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A gov't employee refusing to sell something she has no right to sell in the first place is not honorable.

Posted by: ghostsniper at September 4, 2015 11:38 AM

And SCOTUS has no right to abridge the Constitution. But they did. Should one obey an unlawful decision?

Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at September 5, 2015 7:08 AM

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September 4, 2015

Every Christian elected official should be determining, within the scope of their duties, which lines they will not allow the state to cross.

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