Eric Conley: We’re not free to disobey the law

Re “Clerk’s action didn’t cost a life” (Letters, Sept. 11): I take exception to the recent letter printed in the Sun-Star. A professional has every right to deny service. This right is part of what defines being a professional. I can assure the writer that my profession requires that I make frequent judgments of others. Outside of the professions “No shoes, No shirt, No service” is a key philosophy of a free-market economy.

I am not a communist. I am an American who supports our free-market economy. Let’s free the baker, the photographers, the economy from the onerous mountain of economic over-regulations to reestablish a free-market economy. We need to get past Obama’s Great Recession.

It is not a free government society. A government employee pledges to support the laws. Be it the President of the United States, a sanctuary city, or an elected clerk in a far distant state; government employees should be held to a higher standard. The president, sanctuary cities, the county clerk are not above obeying the law.

This story was originally published September 16, 2015 at 10:20 AM with the headline "Eric Conley: We’re not free to disobey the law."