Talk amongst yourselves

[ebonlock]

Oh you just had to see this coming:

Doctors or other health care providers could not be disciplined or sued if they refuse to treat gay patients under legislation passed Wednesday by the Michigan House.

The bill allows health care workers to refuse service to anyone on moral, ethical or religious grounds.

The Republican dominated House passed the measure as dozens of Catholics looked on from the gallery. The Michigan Catholic Conference, which pushed for the bills, hosted a legislative day for Catholics on Wednesday at the state Capitol.

The bills now go the Senate, which also is controlled by Republicans.

The Conscientious Objector Policy Act would allow health care providers to assert their objection within 24 hours of when they receive notice of a patient or procedure with which they don't agree. However, it would prohibit emergency treatment to be refused.


C'mon, everybody, sing along, "The Inquisition, what a show! The Inquistion, here we go! I know you're wishin' that we'd go awaaaaaaay..."

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[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Ooh jimweasal you put that so well all I can add is "hear, hear!"

Well, ok, that and:
James Madison, 1785

"What influence in fact have ecclesiastical establishments had on Civil Society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the Civil authority; in many instances they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny: in no instance have they been seen the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure & perpetuate it needs them not. Such a Government will be best supported by protecting every Citizen in the enjoyment of his Religion with the same equal hand which protects his person and his property; by neither invading the equal rights of any Sect, nor suffering any Sect to invade those of another."

[centerfire.livejournal.com]

So, tell me: what rights are being invaded, and to whom do they belong?

That vibration you felt, by the way, was Madison rolling over in his grave when you invoked his words in support of, basically, socialized medicine.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

That vibration you felt, by the way, was Madison rolling over in his grave when you invoked his words in support of, basically, socialized medicine.


Must the bugaboo of "socialized medicine" be brought up in discussions of this kind? None of us is arguing for that (though I will admit I have no deep seated bias against the concept) and you know it. We're talking about a law that would make legal the practice of discrimination within the medical profession with (in its current wording) no repurcussions for the individual or institution engaging in it.

[centerfire.livejournal.com]

We're talking about a law that would make legal the practice of discrimination within the medical profession with (in its current wording) no repurcussions for the individual or institution engaging in it.

I will ask you again:

What rights are being violated by this law, and to whom do they belong?

[senatorhatty.livejournal.com]

What are rights? Wherein are they derived?