Felicia Pitts Davis performed a ceremony for a heterosexual couple but bailed out on two women waiting to be married, sources say.

Summary

Syracuse City Court Judge Felicia Pitts Davis refused to officiate a same-sex wedding, citing religious beliefs.

Another judge, Mary Anne Doherty, performed the ceremony.

Pitts Davis’ actions, considered discriminatory under New York judicial ethics and the Marriage Equality Act, are under review by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1081·
    22 days ago

    It’s so weird to see when I see members of one marginalized group further marginalizing another marginalized group rather than having solidarity.

    2 women who marched for racial justice now will get to deliver it as Syracuse City Court judges

    Shadia Tadros, 39, a first-generation Arab-American, and Felicia Pitts Davis, 52, a Black woman with parents from the Deep South, say they are arriving with a mandate: The status quo is over.

    In the year of marches to address systemic racism in the justice system, they stand with the peaceful protesters. They marched, too.

    Tadros and Davis — who point out they are different people with different backgrounds — share some goals on how they want to change the justice system.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      84·
      22 days ago

      Absolutely.
      Is she doing it because she is Christian, because then she should also know the Bible endorses slavery.
      It’s insane that people still hold any value to that old piece of shit book. Also remember to stone your neighbors if they are gathering wood on a Saturday.

    • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.ca
      13·
      22 days ago

      It’s less weird than you might imagine. Bigotry is interesting that way, especially when religion and worldview comes into play. Most religious folks that are anti-lgbt will decry other forms of bigotry.

      Humans are consistently inconsistent this way. 😏