Indiana Clerk Fired For Adhering To Deuteronomy

Alan: Once she reads Deuteronomy she'll offer to throw the first stone.

Clerk fired for refusing to do her job (because Leviticus) files suit against the state of Indiana

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Linda Summers was an office worker in the Harrison County, Indiana county clerk's office. Among her duties was processing marriage license applications. Claiming this violated her "sincerely held religious beliefs", she refused to do her job:

According to the complaint, Summers wrote and hand-delivered a letter to Whitis, telling her that processing licenses for same-sex couples is against her "sincerely held religious beliefs against same sex marriage," and asking that she not be required to do so.

Summers was fired on Dec. 9, shortly after she gave her letter to Whitis, who accused her of insubordination. She accused her former employer of unlawful employment practice and alleged that her termination is against the county policy of not discriminating against anyone based on "race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, military status, or any other classification under applicable law," according to the complaint.

From her lawsuit:

Plaintiff, Linda Summers has a sincerely held religious belief, based upon the tenants of her faith and biblical teaching, such as Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26-27, I Cor. 6:9-10; and I Tim 1:9-10, that it is a sin for persons of the same sex to engage in sexual relations and, based upon Genesis 2:18-25, and other biblical authority, that persons of the same sex cannot and should not be morally or legally recognized as husband and wife, and that God will judge individual Christians, as well as the society of which they are a part, who condone or institute same sex marriages.

Linda's supervisor Sally Whitis properly handled her insubordination, instructing her to do her job and sending a department-wide email which read in part:

On or about October 22, 2014, Defendant Whitis circulated an email communication to all employees concerning a published decision of the Indiana Supreme Court to recognize marriages between same sex couples and that, “Therefore it is our duty in the Clerk’s Office to process those applications.” Defendant further stated that,
“Even though it may be against your personal beliefs, we are required by state law to process their applications. We are only doing the paperwork and not performing their ceremony.”

Seems pretty clear cut, so good luck with the lawsuit, Linda.