Freedom Demands That We Surrender Freedoms

Vindictive baloney from the Sooner State:

Atheists need not apply: A bill proposed by Oklahoma Republicans would restrict the right to marry to people of faith, and would mandate all marriage licenses be approved by a member of the clergy.

House Bill 1125, filed on Tuesday by Republican State Representative Todd Russ, is a radical measure that would end secular marriage licenses in the state. In addition, the bill would bar all judges and other secular officials from performing marriages in Oklahoma.

Well that's a bold proposal to try and end same-sex marriage! Since Oklahoma doesn't recognize common-law marriage, atheists or agnostics or people whose faiths don't require clergy simply wouldn't be allowed to marry at all.

But what happens to religious clergy who would be willing to sign off on same sex marriages? Are they to be sold into slavery, or something? What is the penalty to be if court clerks try to marry people anyway? Boiled in oil, perhaps?

Too many loose threads. Badly-written legislation invites court intervention. Probably by some liberal judge who thinks America is supposed to be about freedom, or something.