Bunning said society relies virtually every day on people complying with court orders and that to allow otherwise would create a slippery slope.

The court “cannot condone willful disobedience,” he said. “If you give people opportunity to choose what orders they follow, that is what potentially causes problems.”

Davis, who was tearful at times, testified that she could not obey the order, and that God’s law trumps the court.

“My conscience will not allow it,” she said. “… God’s moral law convicts me and conflicts with my duties.”
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But for some reason, she wants to stay in her $80,000 a year job, rather than resign and have a clear conscience.