Today Liberty Counsel filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against a North Carolina law that provides a religious accommodation for magistrates who have a conscience objection to officiating or granting marriage licenses for same-sex couples.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, who is legally responsible to defend state law, has made public statements against state law SB 2 and has even made vetoing it a part of his campaign platform in his candidacy for governor. Tomorrow is the deadline for the Attorney General to file a defense, and he has not yet done so.

Both the U.S. Constitution and the North Carolina Constitution require accommodation of individuals’ religious beliefs, regardless of their employment status. Liberty Counsel is representing, among others, Judge Brenda Bumgarner, who has an excellent record during her 10 years of service as a magistrate.

North Carolina is toying with forcing dozens of magistrates into a situation similar to Kim Davis, where they have to choose between following their conscience or face punishment. This illustrates the vitriol of hate toward anyone with an opinion different from the homosexual lobby.

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