A public official on the State or Federal level that put's his/her personal, philosophical, or religious values over the Constitutional Rights of others by denying the public services based on those specific views.
An Activist Public Official ignores the rule of law determined by the Judaical system in the country and state/province they work in and their oath as public official to deny State/Federal rights given to the citizens the public official is sworn to serve.
I didn't expect that county clerk to behave like an Activist Public Official when she tried to deny us state recognition of our same sex marriagePaul said to Bob.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.