Federal Judge Tells Mississippi: 'C'mon Marry Gays Already"

It's called "settled law." Get used to it. ABC News:

Mississippi clerks cannot cite their own religious beliefs to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, under a ruling a federal judge handed down Monday.

Reeves is extending his previous order that overturned Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage. He says circuit clerks are required to provide equal treatment for all couples, gay or straight. He also said that all 82 circuit clerks must be given formal notice of that requirement.

"Mississippi's elected officials may disagree with Obergefell, of course, and may express that disagreement as they see fit — by advocating for a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision, for example," Reeves wrote Monday. "But the marriage license issue will not be adjudicated anew after every legislative session."

There is a pattern with conservatives who lose these kind of cases that they can erect endless do-overs just because they disagree with a court. That "Evangelical Advisory Board" of Trump's issued a statement after the SCOTUS abortion ruling Monday along the same stupid lines:

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