sue the county....
I've been reading about county clerks here and there who are either refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples or who are thinking about it while their local government sorts out the aftermath of the SCOTUS ruling. The Texas attorney general who directly challenged compliance at the county level has admitted that county clerks who refuse to issue licenses risk being sued or fired, but he's promising an army of lawyers to defend the clerks who refuse their duties.
I'd recommend that while naming the offending clerks in a civil suit is satisfying, and ought to be done, the more fruitful course is probably to sue the county or other municipal government for whom the clerks work if that is possible. County attorneys will know the score, and will advise that municipalities so litigated can expect to lose large financial judgements or be forced into expensive settlements. I'll bet some arm twisting would then occur behind the scenes. Faced with having their annual budget ripped apart by legal costs and settlements, counties will have to decide how much they are willing to pay to cover for their clerk's obstinacy.
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