Supreme Court decision on gay marriage is giving Southern states a chronic case of the sads. Update!

Courtesy of TPM:  

An all-Republican county commission in Missouri voted unanimously Monday to observe a full calendar year of “mourning” after the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision, a protest that will include lowering flags to mark the somber occasion. 

Flags at the Dent County Courthouse and Judicial Building will now fly at “below half-staff” on the 26th day of every month from July 2015 until July 2016, the Salem News reported, to mark the day SCOTUS handed down the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. 

Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles filed a letter into the record ahead of the vote staking his opposition to “the U.S. high court’s [sic] stamp of approval of what God speaks of as an abomination.” 

Skiles also wrote that “all who see these flags at this lowered position be reminded of this despicable Supreme Court travesty” as reason enough to approve the plan.

Aww, don't you just hate it when the highest court in the land refuses to rule on the side of your religiously inspired intolerance?

Of course you have to know that gay couples all over the state will show up to have their pictures taken with the lowered flags in July of each year and then send copies to their friends saying, "Yep still pissing off the locals with our love."

And Missouri is not the only Southern state who is a little pissy about the ruling.

A judge in Texas has decided to go ahead and marry same sex couples, but he wants it on the record that he is doing it under duress.

Courtesy of WFAA: 

Judge James DePiazza, justice of the peace for Precinct 2, has performed more than 2,000 wedding ceremonies. Before he marries any future couples, they will be required to sign an agreement that has been revised since the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in June. 

Prior to the landmark decision, the form congratulated couples on their upcoming wedding, and laid out guidelines on punctuality, fees, marriage license requirements, and had places for the bride and groom to sign. 

A new form posted to the court's website Thursday highlights the judge's position on same-sex marriage, saying he prefers to "NOT conduct same-sex ceremonies, but will not decline anyone who chooses to schedule with him." 

The form also removes references to congratulations and bans photography during the ceremony, but offers access to the courtroom after.

Oh what a guy! Kind of like saying "Welcome to the happiest day of your life and oh how I wish I didn't have to play any part in it."

If I were getting gay married in Texas I would TOTALLY choose this guy to perform the ceremony just so I could get one of those forms.

Update: Well it looks as if Missouri will NOT be using the flags to demonstrate their irritation at the SCOTUS decision. This from HuffPo:   

Leaders in Dent County, Missouri, are no longer planning to lower flags at the county courthouse to “mourn” the Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage, thanks to an overwhelming backlash from county residents.

Damn things are happening so fast these days that you can barely get a blog post out about it before it before it is already outdated.

Well good for the citizens of Missouri!