Conflict in NY -- religious beliefs, 'gay' agenda

Charlie Butts

 OneNewsNow
 7/25/2011 

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.

“A religious accommodation requires the individual to ask, in this case, the town board to make an accommodation,” the attorney states. “New York law also specifically allows clerks to delegate their authority for certain tasks, including issuing a marriage license, to a non-objector.” the rest