Can you please cite how it was the sole reason she wasn't given the position? Also you can't compare the private sector to public service like that... if she is only going to advocate for an issue that many resources have been used for trying to find an answer and the Supreme Court has already decreed it as someone's right, then it is not a good use of anyone's time... or tax payers money to pay her to pursue this. It's ok to have your opinions and to protest them but the difference is when your job is to get things done for those that you represent. To compare it to the private sector properly it's kind of like in an interview a candidate saying: "I know your organization is all excited about this project, but if you hire me, I'm going to work to undo a previous project that you completed" .... would the person get the job? Not saying that opinions counter to the current law aren't valuable, just that to progress as a society we need at least some people to agree on a vision.