Should have seen this coming…

Barbara MacEwen, the town clerk in upstate Volney [New York] who is responsible for signing marriage licenses in the town, said she’s morally opposed to same-sex weddings and does not intend to affix her signature to any marriage documents for gay or lesbian couples.

“If there’s any possible way to not do it, legally, then yes, I would not want to put my name on any of those certificates or papers,” MacEwen told POLITICO. “That’s their life, they can do it, but I don’t feel I should be forced into something that’s against my morals and my God.”

MacEwen — who is 75 — is free to resign her post, of course, or not run for her fifth term this fall. But presuming she doesn’t see much business in her sleepy town of 6,200 souls, she might consider reading Leviticus during her down time to ensure that the rest of her behavior doesn’t offend her very picky deity.

N.Y. town clerk: I won’t sign gay wedding license [Politico]

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Rick Perry, who’s rumored to be considering a challenge to Mitt Romney for Best GOP Candidate Hair, wants America to return to Biblical Microeconomics:

I think in America from time to time we have to go through some difficult times — and I think we’re going through those difficult economic times for a purpose, to bring us back to those Biblical principles of you know, you don’t spend all the money.

Veteran political handicapper Jesus H. Christ agrees:

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[New York]

“Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) says he is considering running for president after frustrated conservative activists have pleaded with him to run. DeMint told The Hill that he has discussed a White House bid with his wife and will pray on the question out of respect for his supporters across the country.” [The Hill]

There are some Very Important Things happening this afternoon, which we’re choosing to ignore in favor of this:

Electoral Consequences of the Rapture

Yes, Public Policy Polling went there:

First off — no one really believed the Rapture was going to happen last weekend, or at least they won’t admit it. Just 2% of voters say they thought that was coming on Saturday to 98% who say they did not. It’s really close to impossible to ask a question on a poll that only 2% of people say yes to. A national poll we did in September 2009 found that 10% of voters thought Barack Obama was the Anti-Christ, or at least said they thought so.

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Like a red-letter edition of the Good Book, here are the words of the Prophet on The Day After:

• “Flabbergasted”
• “It has been a really tough weekend.”
• “I’m looking for answers.”
• “But now I have nothing else to say. I’ll be back to work Monday and will say more then.”

Looks like somebody’s already back to work — the Rapture’s gone from their website.

Harold Camping “flabbergasted” world didn’t end [SF Chronicle]

“Despite a public call by Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) to pray for rain over the weekend, major wildfires continue to rage on across the state.” [NYT]