Today Liberty Counsel argues in court that state magistrates should be permitted 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.

In 2015, Liberty Counsel filed suit on behalf of magistrates seeking accommodation for their religious convictions regarding same-sex “marriage.” The state house and senate passed SB 2 granting an accommodation, and both houses later overrode the Governor’s veto. Liberty Counsel dismissed its suit in light of the new law. But then the new law was challenged by those who want to force magistrates to violate their religious convictions and consciences.

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