Kern County clerk targeted due to her opposition to marriage redefinition

The LA Times reports:

Ann Barnett says she’s always tried to do the right thing, whether for her church, her five children, her husband of 31 years or the people she serves as Kern County’s elected clerk and auditor-controller.

So she’s bewildered by the anger that’s come her way since she decided — just before gay marriages become legal — to stop holding all civil weddings at her county offices.

On Thursday, she appeared stung by critics who have labeled her a “religious terrorist” and called for her resignation; by the hate mail that has flooded her office; by the unceasing requests for interviews, so many that she has unplugged her home phone . . .