Request for God's mercy on gay marriage lacking amen


              Gwen Schablik, second from the left, tries to enter the Blount County courthouse with others as they attend a meeting to speak against a resolution proposed by Commissioner Karen Miller at the Blount County courthouse Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, in Maryville, Tenn. The resolution asking God to have mercy on a Tennessee county for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples apparently didn't have a prayer of being considered Tuesday. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Gwen Schablik, second from the left, tries to enter the Blount County courthouse with others as they attend a meeting to speak against a resolution proposed by Commissioner Karen Miller at the Blount County courthouse Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, in Maryville, Tenn. The resolution asking God to have mercy on a Tennessee county for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples apparently didn't have a prayer of being considered Tuesday. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

MARYVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - A resolution asking God to have mercy on a Tennessee county for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples apparently didn't have a prayer of being considered Tuesday.

The sudden adjournment shocked the 150 citizens who packed into the meeting room. Some of the attendees expressed their disbelief by shouting "Cowards!" and "You've got to be kidding me!"

Neither supporters nor detractors seemed to know what the committee's ruling meant for the resolution in the long run.

"I've never experienced this before, for a meeting to be adjourned before it even started," said Blount County Commissioner Karen Miller, who proposed the resolution and voted against adjourning. "I don't know what the protocols are for that, and I hope it'll be corrected because it's not fair to the citizens.

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