Romans 13 Applies To Everyone

With the #KimDavis thing, a lot of people in and out of Christian circles are talking about what the Bible says.

One passage many are talking about is Romans 13:1-7. Here’s what it says:

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.  For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,  for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.  Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.  Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. (ESV)

A few things to note here:

It says “Let EVERY person be subject to the governing authorities.”
It says “there is NO AUTHORITY except from God.”
It says “Whoever resist the authority resists what God has appointed.”
It says “those who resist will incur judgement.”

It DOES NOT say “but it’s OK to ignore the authority when you think it goes against what you think God says”.

This came up in a discussion at our church shortly before same-sex marriage became legal nationwide (it was already illegal in our state, but apparently that was besides the point.) One of our elders asked of the group “So what should you do when you think the government is wrong?” One of the folks in our group responded “well, then you just don’t obey them”. The elder didn’t respond.

But I really want to know, does it say anywhere in the Bible that it’s OK to ignore the governing authority since said authority comes from God?

Seriously, I need an answer.