There’s a debate among Christians about the case of Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk now is jail for refusing to certify same-sex marriages. Should Christian office holders enforce laws at odds with their faith? Should they resign? Should they practice civil disobedience and risk imprisonment? Should Christians withdraw from political life altogether?
No regime anywhere has ever completely conformed to Christian thought and practice. Punctilious Christians have always had to balance the demands of their faith as they understand them with the always morally flawed instruments of governance. Every human institution is tainted with human sin and folly, but the state, with its typically uniquely coercive powers, offers special challenges relating to conscience and faith. It is also ordained by God for order and justice.
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