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Originally Posted by wowitsdark 
I don't know that I'm comfortable with the statement, "If you wanna marry ANYBODY you have to be willing to marry EVERYBODY!"
But if the role of a JP, as a governmental official, is to essentially rubber stamp all legal marriages, I don't think he has a leg to stand on. I think if he wants to marry only certain couples than he needs to get state approval more in line with what a minister would have than a public servant. I think when you're a government employee, particularly if you are the *only* person filling a role, that you give up some freedom to be selective.
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Exactly. He CHOSE to work for the local govt rather than own his own private business in which he could marry people. If he had his own website, solicited his own clients, and worked for himself, then he can choose who he does business with.
If you are a pharmacist, you can CHOSE to work for a company like Walgreens and dispense the drugs in their catalog....or you can open your own mom-n-pop drug store, and CHOOSE what drugs you dispense. If you are a doctor, you can CHOOSE to work at a public hospital, clinic or such...or open your own private practice. It is all the same as if you are a vegetarian and have a huge problem with meat, it would be silly for your to work at McDonalds and expect them to make exceptions about your beliefs.
These people are getting paid to do a job...not getting paid to do what they believe in. If you don't like something that is standard practice at your job, you always have the opportunity to leave. No one is forced into employment at a particular company.