Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief yesterday at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Asheville regarding state magistrates and their constitutional right to intervene to defend their religious liberty, which is being challenged in the case of Ansley v. Warren. Liberty Counsel represents, among others, Magistrate Brenda Bumgarner, who has an excellent record during her 10 years of service as a magistrate, and who seeks a religious opt out of performing “marriages” for same-sex couples.

Liberty Counsel argues that SB 2 is not only constitutionally permissible but actually required for magistrates and judges. SB 2 states: “Every magistrate has the right to recuse from performing all lawful marriages under this Chapter based upon any sincerely held religious objection.”

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