I. (4 points) For each of the following passages, identify the barrier or impediment to critical thinking that is most likely being committed in it, and describe clearly in a sentence or two how the barrier or impediment is present in, or illustrated by the passage. (Some passages may contain no barrier.)
(a) Several years ago, a Kentucky county clerk named Kim Davis, who was responsible for issuing marriage licenses, refused to sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples (despite the fact that a decision by the American Supreme Court gave them a legal right to marriage) on the grounds that such marriages were not consistent with her own Christian beliefs.

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I. (4 points) For each of the following passages, identify the barrier or impediment to critical thinking that is most likely being committed in it, and describe clearly in a sentence or two how the barrier or impediment is present in, or illustrated by the passage. (Some passages may contain no barrier.) 
(a) Several years ago, a Kentucky county clerk named Kim Davis, who was responsible for issuing marriage licenses, refused to sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples (despite the fact that a decision by the American Supreme Court gave them a legal right to marriage) on the grounds that such marriages were not consistent with her own Christian beliefs.

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