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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 2786927" data-attributes="member: 13624">Free hint: public official.&nbsp; Chose to run for public office.&nbsp; Private entities can do as they choose; public officials are beholden to all of their constituents, not just the ones they like.&nbsp; If they don&#039;t want to serve everybody, that&#039;s fine; just don&#039;t run for public office.&nbsp; There are plenty of private-sector options (including starting one&#039;s own business) that can (or at least should) be allowed to choose their own clientele.&nbsp; Government officials, however, have power over everybody, as a matter of the fundamental nature of government.&nbsp; Don&#039;t like it?&nbsp; Don&#039;t choose a government career.&nbsp; Other options abound.She needs to issue the licenses, resign her (voluntarily sought and actively campaigned-for) position, or sit in jail for contempt until she chooses between the first two options.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 2786927, member: 13624"] Free hint: [B]public official[/B]. Chose to run for [B]public office[/B]. Private entities can do as they choose; public officials are beholden to [I]all[/I] of their constituents, not just the ones they like. If they don't want to serve everybody, that's fine; just don't run for public office. There are plenty of private-sector options (including starting one's own business) that can (or at least should) be allowed to choose their own clientele. Government officials, however, have power over [I]everybody[/I], as a matter of the fundamental nature of government. Don't like it? Don't choose a government career. Other options abound. She needs to issue the licenses, resign her (voluntarily sought and actively campaigned-for) position, or sit in jail for contempt until she chooses between the first two options. [/QUOTE]

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