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my milkface is an elevated state. cinnamon is my soul mate. no debate cause it tastes so great. that s why i got milk face. la-la-la-la-la. the county clerk jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage license is back on the job. kim davis said she will not personal issue the license but will not interfere with the staff if they chose to do so. mike is live at the court house with more. reporter: kim davis is in her office behind me. it is her deputy who is issuing the marriage license and a same-sex couple arrived for their paperwork. they held a commitment ceremony 20 years ago and have less to
with you but not so much if you tell them you re gay. gary tuchman, cnn, jeff davis county, georgia. all right, thanks to gary for that piece. responsibility goes both ways. just like you say. hey, you re a christian and you believe in something that s going to keep you from doing business, you have the responsibility for how you react to that perceived discrimination and going after that restaurant that way would be an equal wrong. now let s talk about the bigger issues with sarah kay ellis joining us. it expresses what may be seen to some as unfair discrimination, certainly not an answer in the name of tolerance. if i am a christian, which i am and were intolerant of lgbt and can t do the flowers for your commitment ceremony or wedding because i see that is sin, and you re asking me to partake in sin which makes me as bad as you, i can t do it.
to serve a black person, people would come and stand up for me. here s a little bit of a trick, charles, they wouldn t have to. of course, but being black, african-american, that s a protected class. lgbt is not. when you have that discussion with a lot of people supporting these laws, charles, they say being black and being gay is nowhere near the same thing because black is a race. gay is a choice. in fact, a lot of them believe you can fix it, what do you think of that? first of all, that s asinine. nothing is wrong with being gay. if you re gay, you re gay. i don t believe you choose to be gay. i don t think anybody would want to go through the scrutiny that gay people go through in this country. you see what they go through right now. it s a perfect example. that s a great question. who wants this type of scrutiny? nobody say, let me be gay so i can t eat at certain restaurants, nobody is going to serve my wedding or my commitment ceremony, nobody would choose that. but listen
beliefs. reporter: but right now while georgia is considering a law to make it legal for you to do that, and you can get in trouble for doing that. i understand that. reporter: you would be willing to take that risk? yeah, he died on the cross for me so that s the least i could do for him. i serve a god higher than the supreme court judge, the judge of the universe and i don t care what anybody else says. reporter: no matter what, a law or not, you would not bring your flowers to a gay commitment ceremony? no. reporter: there are five florists and the majority did not want to appear on camera and all told us the same thing, they want the law to pass in georgia. they want to turn away business from gay people. in indiana, a religious freedom bill law passed, the memory pizza parlor say they will turn away business from gay newlyweds. if a gay couple was to come in like say they wanted us to