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Title: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: RED-DOG on September 05, 2015, 09:46:36 AM Why not sack the clerk and appoint a replacement after throwing her in jail?
How can she be the only one with the authority to sign? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34155775 Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: Royal Flush on September 05, 2015, 03:22:23 PM If you can no longer do the job because of your religious beliefs, surely the right course of action is to quit your job?
Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: rfgqqabc on September 05, 2015, 06:48:24 PM Can't sack an elected official red dog.
Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: Mohican on September 06, 2015, 10:38:02 PM This is why Church and State should be separated. They might be your beliefs but they don't put you above the law. Hope she stays in Jail till she resigns or signs the licenses.
Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: RED-DOG on September 06, 2015, 10:41:22 PM This is why Church and State should be separated. That gets my vote. Americans are a bit fanatical when it comes to religion though. Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: Jon MW on September 07, 2015, 01:17:23 AM We're in the States at the moment so we've seen quite a lot of coverage at the moment of this story. But it wasn't until I read the BBC article that I realised that she couldn't be sacked because she was elected.
It might have seemed like a good idea but surely they must have realised at some point that making almost every public position elected is a terrible idea(?) Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: RED-DOG on September 09, 2015, 08:38:29 AM The circus surrounding this silly mare rolls on. I shudder to think how much time and money has been wasted. It's religion gone mad.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34192427 Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: AndrewT on September 09, 2015, 10:14:22 AM When you're flabbergasted is it your flabber that gets gasted or your gast that gets flabbered?
Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: Tal on September 09, 2015, 10:21:55 AM When you're flabbergasted is it your flabber that gets gasted or your gast that gets flabbered? Neither. It's not certain, but it's probably an amalgamation of two adjectives in the 18th Century: flabby (wobbly and shaking) and aghast (shocked). Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: zerofive on September 09, 2015, 12:14:30 PM A bit of satire to quell the flabbergast
(https://i.imgur.com/yt4Z8zU.jpg) Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: DaveShoelace on September 09, 2015, 06:35:19 PM (http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/55ef3de89dd7cc16008b8d00-600-450/coztoomwsaauu2r.jpg)
As an aside, I couldn't help but laugh at this fella (right, presumably the husband) not conforming to the redneck stereotype at all. Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: RED-DOG on September 09, 2015, 06:38:31 PM Dang!
Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: Jon MW on September 09, 2015, 06:41:35 PM Footage of them arriving at court showed the husband with a gun sticking out of his trousers, they have an "interesting" idea of what makes a good Christian.
Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: MintTrav on September 09, 2015, 11:21:19 PM (http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/55ef3de89dd7cc16008b8d00-600-450/coztoomwsaauu2r.jpg) As an aside, I couldn't help but laugh at this fella (right, presumably the husband) not conforming to the redneck stereotype at all. I wouldn't have recognised Mr Drysdale without the moustache, but Miss Hathaway, Granny and Jethro haven't changed a bit. Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: AdamM on September 10, 2015, 08:43:10 AM Did I see that Survivor have filed a $1m+ law suite for them using Eye Of The Tiger for her to walk out of prison too? :)
Title: Re: This story flabbergasts me. Post by: RED-DOG on September 10, 2015, 09:45:20 AM Did I see that Survivor have filed a $1m+ law suite for them using Eye Of The Tiger for her to walk out of prison too? :) Oh the Eye Of The Tiger music. Like she's won a great victory by stopping people from marrying and sticking her fingers up to the law. I thought that according the her religion God was supposed to do the judging. |