LF: 'I am a follower of Christ': County clerk resigns rather than issue gay marriage licenses

Linda Barnette has issued marriage licenses in Grenada County, Mississippi for 24 years. On Tuesday, she resigned.

“I choose to obey God rather than man,” Mrs. Barnette wrote in her one paragraph resignation letter to the Grenada County Board of Supervisors.

“I am a follower of Christ and I believe strongly that the Bible is my final authority,” she wrote. ‘The Bible teaches that a marriage is to be between a man and a woman. Therefore, because of the recent ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court, I can no longer fulfill my duties as Circuit Clerk and issue marriage licenses to same sex couples.”

Another worker has been appointed to replace Mrs. Barnette. It’s unclear if Grenada County will hold a special election to permanently fill the elected post.

“I told my supervisors a while back if it happened, I would tender my resignation,” she told me. “I had already decided in my heart that I could not issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. It’s my Christian belief. As a follower of Christ, I could not do it. The bible teaches it is contrary to His plan.”

Mrs. Barnette is a Southern Baptist and her husband once helped Franklin Graham with his national festivals. So when it came to choosing between her job and her faith – there never was any real debate.

“Christians are being put to the test,” she said. ‘We’re going to see the true Christians who stand. It’s going to be time to stop talking the talk. It’s going to come down to that.”

There are many public workers just like Mrs. Barnette who are struggling with the Supreme Court’s decision to redefine marriage. I received private correspondence from a minister who told me about a North Carolina clerk who resigned. The clerk refused to comment or go public over fears she would be attacked by LGBT activists.

Brian Robertson is Mrs. Barnette’s pastor at Friendship Baptist Church. He said had two reactions to her resignation.

“I am saddened in the fact that we are losing a wonderful county clerk and a very faithful and hard worker,” he said. “I am grieved as a minister and Christian because of the circumstances that have caused her to have to resign.”

However, Dr. Robertson also had praise for his parishioner.

“I applaud her as a brother in Christ,” he said. “Her testimony to the Lord is more important to her than serving man.”

The Mississippi pastor suspects she will be the first of many to lose their jobs because of their Christian faith.

“Political propagandists want to force Christians who do not agree with the liberal mindset out of office,” he said.

I asked Pastor Robertson if he was concerned about LGBT activists coming after Christian ministers. His response was rather interesting.

“I pray that I am targeted,” he said. “I will use the statement Joshua made many years ago. As for me and my house – we will serve the Lord.”

Amen, pastor. Amen!

In the coming days I believe Christians will be forced to abandon their jobs in public service. Those who remain will be targeted with lawsuits and investigations from the activists.

Resign or face the consequences.

Make no mistake. America is about to undergo a religious purging in the public marketplace – at the hands of secular jihadists.

Issuing a marriage license is a government act. It has no place in religious vows anyway.

Interesting. So if a law is passed and an officer is given order to kill an unfit or "inferior race" person he can follow such order in a clear conscience.

Christians were persecuted in the Soviet Union for decades. Yet they survived and secularist regime is gone.

There is no persecution of "Christians" in America. What is happening is the abandonment of religious practice that was previously acceptable in the secular world of government.

How "marriage" is owned by government is based on centuries old practices of registration in America. But "marriage" has traditionally been a religious event and continues so. Your religious and matrimony vows & oaths under your religious practice(s) are safe from persecution.

The age ol' definitions of "marriage" are still in tact. What has been re-defined is applicability of marriage licenses issued by the state which (now) include homosexual couples. Nothing about "religious creeds" are described or excluded.

So, do you celebrate having a "marriage license" or a "marriage vow with your wife" on you wedding anniversary?

Faggots can't get married. What part of that does your Califag brain not comprehend?

Anyone who claims they are married to someone of the same sex should have their ass promptly kicked.

But your califag brain does't work correctly. You have divorced yourself from reality and morality.

Where in the Holy Bible does it say: "your marriage license is required to married under the eyes of God."?

All that is occurring is the US government is further separating official paperwork from religious practices. It is not involved with marriage at ll other than licenses for marriage.

Why does anyone need a license from the state to become married, anyway? Isn't it like volunteering for some registration effort that permits a tax incentive?

It does need to be pointed out that she has been in that job for 24 years and can afford to resign because she will be getting retirement money from the job.

Someone that doesn't have the time in to pull retirement pay might not be able to afford that luxury,though.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

Seems like the only people who DON'T agree are the people who call themselves "small government conservatives" that think their religious views should be the law of the land.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

They survived because the Russian Orthodox religion in Russia was co-opted by the Soviet state,and they controlled it. They still control it.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

Like his idols in the Taliban,he thinks he is being persecuted because he's not allowed to order the executions of non-beleivers.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

Why do some conservatives want to grant such powers to the state anyway - limited govt ideology and what not.....

They control a religion that teaches the opposite of the state ideology of atheism? No wonder the USSR collapsed. Christianity is a destroying virus. Killed off the pagan Romans and the Soviets and came out on top. Islam is the last stumbling block but that has something to do with the end times. Who are we to understand the workings of the Lord.

In FACT,the various states will "marry" them against their will if a man and a woman live together long enough as man and wife.

The whole "marriage" of religion and marriage came about in Old Europe because the local parish priests kept the records of marriages,births,and deaths because the Catholic Church was in effect a shadow government and they kept records to settle inheritance claims for property as well as nobility titles.

"Pin the tail on the Daddy Donkey",but ONLY if he was married in the Catholic Church and paid them for the privlege.

Those born out of non-Catholic Church approved and paid for unions were called "Bastards" and none of them seemed to have fathers. Only mothers.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

BTW,PLEASE note that Stone isn't a faggot. He can prove this by showing his marriage license.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

He operates within the barriers of his "ol' tyme religion" that keeps his comprehension dumb-downed. You can't blame him, though. He fell off a roof once and hurt his head.

Because they are not conservatives. They only identify as being conservative because they are so ignorant they think being the member of a organized religious cult is conservative because it means they aren't free thinkers.

Truth to tell,by European standards they ARE conservative because Europe has a long history of being ruled by a partnership of church and royalty.

This is not true in America,where we have separation of church and state as an important part of our Constitution.

In America,if you are a conservative you MUST believe that religion has no political say-so or power. The various religious cults have been fighting this since Day One,but so far they are sill on the outside looking in.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

Of course they do. What better method of knowing and controlling what the peons say,do,and think?

Plus,priests make the best informers because True Believers always tell priests everything they do and think.

"Priest" was a NKVD/KGB career field,and every Patriarch that has sat at the head of the Church in Moscow has held that seat with the approval of the old Politburo. Today that means the approval of Putin.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

Requiring permission from the State to marry is always preferable to having God bless your Union in the eyes of the Athiests.

On the strength of this latest SC decision I've decide to open up a new business. I'm calling it Terror Porn. The concept is simple; upon the completion of a gay marriage, a member of ISIS will throw both queers off the edge of a very high building, head first. It's like a snuff film, but more contemporary. Are either of you interested in buying in on the ground floor (no pun intended)?

What are you driving at, today? Donnie ... donnie ... donnie ... if I have told you once and a thousand tymes I am not an atheist. If anything, I am deist. The creator ("God" as you call the entity) has abandoned his creation from billions of years ago to pursue considerations you and I can not understand.

Get back with me if your mama ever allows you to leave the basement,and you branch out into videos showing religious fundies like ISIS being thrown off buildings,though.

BTW,why is it that you associate death with sex? Have you told your mommy about these dreams that make you wake up in a wet bed?

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

To begin with, the license is used as official recognition of the fact in many aspects of today's society. In order to benefit from many of the "perks", including reduced healthcare premiums, tax reduction, insurance risk reductions (for those companies that require a license as proof), one must produce a state recognized marriage license as proof of the sanctioned status. This is similar to many functions requiring a state-issued ID to conduct some forms of business.

Besides the obvious economical benefits, having the kind of marriage you want to be accepted and legally protected requires that the law spells out that your marriage is legal in the eyes of the law. If you want to claim discrimination, the law must specifically describe the prohibited type of discrimination.

The same goes for automatic survivor clauses in possessions, insurance money, and childcare arrangements.

Let us also not forget that the current cultural revolution that this targeted at "normalizing" the LBGTABCWHATEVERS cannot the proper traction that they are seeking until they have the full support of the American justice system to enforce the values (or devaluation, depending on your moral compass) they it espouse.

So, if you want to pay less on car insurance or force a business to bake a cake against their will, you have to get the law on your side.

I may have oversimplified the issue, but there are others here who demonstrate a lower reading comprehension than required to read my normal logisti-speak.

Or maybe he was just fired for incompetence by his boss,and his boss has a more interesting ant farm to watch,and can't be bothered with this one?

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when itâ€™s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

I am confident yukon already placed his "open for business" shingles out on the Internet before you. It is well documented.

Are you going to be a competitor of his? Since you are so candid about your intents, is it possible to lay out your business plan?

There are no "economic benefits" to marriage, pal. You are blinded by some bullshit artist.

How does a "God" fire another "God," Pete? Don't you see what you have done today? You have opened up another can of worms.

Well, both concepts sell, ergo the business. It's kind of a twofer; we get to see what ISIS does best while watching queers try to fly. As for you Buckeroo, I'll need you to be sober more often than not. Can I count on you?

Of course. I haven't had nip in years. But since, I'm an early bird for celebrations such as July 4th, I shall promptly open an ol' bottle of Redbreast. Man, this stuff is damn good. Have you ever drank a drop of Redbreast? Here is a picture of the stuff in a bottle/box:

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.