I wish I could like this 100 times. Jesus didn't address homosexulaity directly (though you could argue implication if you want) but He does DIRECTLY address adultery, hard sayings, they were. There is more focus in the church on remaining a virgin before marriage, than instruction on keep a marriage alive and healthy - like, after the virginity is gone.
It's easy to condemn something that one personally doesn't struggle with, like homoseuxality. And the homosexual population is VERY small as it is.
Americans Greatly Overestimate Percent Gay, Lesbian in U.S.
I wonder why employees can't be accommodated in this case - it doesn't seem that a homosexual couple is a common thing. Why not have another clerk handle this - gay couples are not, by these numbers, going to be a frequent issue. Because of the rarity of having to deal with this, I don't see what why they can't assign someone else for special cases. But I don't know much about the process of issuing these.
Note: This is a gov. job, so it's a little different than say a privately owned business, public or not. You should have the right to turn away anyone you want when you own it.
The media is doing what it does best which is magnify something to be larger than it actually is - and then the public literally takes it upon themselves to make it a huge issue, because they thought it was a huge issue to begin with. Mass manipulation at its best, and a great tool for politicians to exploit.
The Press' job is to report hard news, and warn Americans of corruption in the government. There are so many things going on that FAR outweighs this issue, and this issue is actually a symptom of greater problems, but it doesn't even occur to the public that rich people (who want to protect their riches) controls the content of such stations. Most of what you read and hear is going to be biased, and intentionally so.
Anyhow, yeah, the homosexual thing is easy to dismiss, because those who struggle with it is a small, small minority. But virtually everyone gets married... sometimes making an unwise choice or at an unwise time... so we need to hang on to those no-fault laws for our own comforts' sake, and feel no societal backlash for turning back on our vows to God and our spouse. I seldom see much fight (from Christians or otherwise) for principles that would directly affect them in unfavorable circumstances.