Delaware rights: Sussex clerk openly opposes civil unions

Delaware Online: Douglas Napier, senior attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, which advocates for traditional marriage, was among those who spoke against the Delaware bill in Dover. He does not see strong protections for employees who do not want to be part of civil unions. ”It is forcing clerks in the state to violate their religious liberties and conscience to perform civil-union ceremonies if they are asked,” Napier said. “Constitutionally protected freedoms should never be threatened by politicians who are doing the bidding of a very small group of activists — and this is exactly what happened when the Legislature imposed this counterfeit marriage bill on Delaware.”