Cal. clerk, Barnett, entitled to run office as she sees fit
Marylee Shrider has this opinion piece in the Bakersfield California. She writes:
. . . Those opposed to the no-wedding edict also point to Barnett’s early consults with the conservative legal group Alliance Defense Fund as evidence of her REAL intentions. But attorneys with the ADF — characterized by one reporter as a “gay-marriage opposition group” — say
Barnett “is taking a legitimate legal position” they’re willing to defend.
Of COURSE Barnett consulted the ADF. No matter what professional and personal reasons lay behind her decision, the politically savvy Barnett knew full well how her announcement would be received by the pro-gay-marriage press. Who was she supposed to consult? The ACLU? . . .