Georgia cop Jacob Kersey resigns after suspension for religious ‘no such thing’ as gay marriage post

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Georgia cop Jacob Kersey resigns after suspension for religious ‘no such thing’ as gay marriage post
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Jacob Kersey, 19, who quit the Port Wentworth Police Department earlier this month, was placed on paid administrative leave Jan. 4.

A former Georgia police officer who was investigated for a religious social media post that claimed “there’s no such thing” as gay marriage said he felt pressured to resign after he was told he could be fired for sharing his beliefs.

and provided to Fox News Digital. “Marriage refers to Christ and the church. That’s why there’s no such thing as homosexual marriage.”but said he decided to quit because he was told he could face termination for future social media posts that others find offensive. He said he has spoken with a law firm about possible legal action.

The major also reminded Kersey that same-sex marriage is legal in Georgia and the US following the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.“I did nothing wrong, and they told me that,” Kersey said of a meeting he later had with department leadership. “That’s the reason they “I didn’t feel confident that if I were to go out there on the streets and enforce the law, that my command staff was going to have my back,” he said. “It’s just too dangerous of a job to do that. And I did not think it wise to go back to work under those circumstances.”

He said many have reached out to him to express their “absolute disbelief that something like this is happening in America and that it’s happening in Georgia.”

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