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Laws change all the time, and whether they're municipal, provincial or federal - my officers are obligated to enforce them regardless of their own conscience or beliefs. We've never had an officer refuse to enforce a bylaw because of his/her own beliefs - but if we did, they'd be deemed insubordinate, sent home (without pay) and given the choice of returning to do the job they're paid to do - or voluntarily resign. If they returned and still failed to do the job - they'd be terminated.
It's not up to us (as officers) to decide which laws we'll enforce. That's decided by the municipal government at City Hall.
This county clerk in the U.S. should resign her position if she can't administrate the laws of the land. Her personal religious beliefs cannot be allowed to be a variable factor.
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