What do you think about Texas State Attorney General, Ken Paxton, continuing his fight against freedom and equality for gay and lesbian Americans? Sound off with a text or voicemail of fewer than three minutes at (657) 464-7609. Show Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/IDoubtItwithDollemore Show Twitter- http://www.twitter.com/IDoubtItPodcast Jesse - http://www.twitter.com/dollemore Brittany - http://www.twitter.com/brittanyepage Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-doubt-it-dollemore-podcasts/id839139321 Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/IDoubtItWithDollemore Transcript: It is a beautiful time to be an American. Marriage is FINALLY a right extended to us all whether gay or straight. The march to progress isn't always fast, but it's always steady! Freedom and equality has won out. It is a sad day for those of you who prize the rights of the government (in this case - state governments) over those rights of its individual citizens. Let’s unpack that a bit. If you were trying to make a “state’s rights” stand, you believe strongly in the 10 amendment… which is… “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Simply stated this means that if a power is not specifically granted to the federal government or specifically NOT granted to the States… it is for the states to possess. On the other side of this issue is the 14th Amendment which (in part) says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Now, that last part is the important part here. NOR DENY ANY PERSON WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS. You see, in America, It matters not if you are filthy rich or dirt-poor or well-known or a nobody. We are all looked upon equally under the law and enjoy the same protection under our Constitution! So this is really a message to my fellow conservatives. To my fellow Americans with a healthy skepticism of the government and its power. Individual rights should always trump those of the government. If you take away the rights of the individual, the government will be powerless. Afterall, this is a government made up of “We The People,” is it not? All this brings us to where we are today. Texas State Attorney General KEN PAXTON is encouraging clerks and other state employees to refuse to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples on the grounds that two gays or lesbians who are in love and choose to commit themselves to marriage violates their deeply held religious beliefs. Well, I hate to break it to you Texas State Employees. But, It isn’t in your purview to decide to issue licenses or not to. That would be like a postal worker refusing to deliver a playboy magazine or a porn video. It would be like a DMV employee not wanting to issue a driver’s license to someone who drives a beer delivery truck. If you are working in a secular position – DO YOUR JOB and leave your “DEEPLY HELD BIGOTED BELIEFS” OUT OF IT!

• published: 04 Jul 2015
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