User blog comment:Enda Kenny/The Civil Flame War : My Response/@comment-17114085-20130919162931/@comment-25109952-20130919192551

.......... I know. Why can't they be contempt with worshipping him like that?

Harold, Tullius places those Jarls, not Elisif. And actually, Balgruuf had not decided but as we all see, he was supporting the Empire.

If Ulfric had not asked for something Igmund could not deliver, it would have never happened. Igmund swore by the Nine, (if I recall correctly) he would give Ulfric whatever he wanted, no objections.