'Hero' Bigot Resigns Rather Than Waste Everyone's Time With Bulls**t
The fallout from marriage equality begins.
I choose to obey God rather than man.
— Former Grenada County (Mississippi) Circuit Clerk Linda Barnette in her letter of resignation, after 24 years in office, citing the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on marriage equality. Barnette’s husband is reported to have worked for Billy Graham Ministries (natch), and she references her “core values as a Christian” in her ALL CAPS screed. At least she had the decency to quit rather than force the state into protracted litigation.
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