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[furrbear]

The California Supreme Court decides that a state antidiscrimination law trumps the religious freedom rights of doctors.

SAN FRANCISCO -- -- Doctors may not discriminate against gays and lesbians in medical treatment, even if the procedures being sought conflict with physicians' religious beliefs, the California Supreme Court decided today.
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In the second, major gay-rights victory this year, the state high court said religious physicians must obey a state law that bars businesses from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.

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[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Just not a good day for the fundie freaks here in California... ;)

[pfriedma.livejournal.com]

human rights trump religious rights. always.
Anyone that disagrees deserves neither.

[jacked01.livejournal.com]

I disagree, but i still deserve both. We are asking to be recognized and respected and I don't think its right for the state to shove anything down ANYONE'S throat when it comes to your own business or the services you provide.

yes i can see the argument that "Well then no one would server (us/them/it/whatever difference)" but that simply is not the case, if your opposed to some one exercising their rights not to server and you do not agree with them do not shop there and they will suffer the lose.

Don't force them to do anything


Just my 2 cent

[mondragon.livejournal.com]

She wasn't shopping, she needed medical care.

The whole point of antidiscrimination laws is situations like this - a majority wants to deny access to rights and services to a minority. This has a direct negative impact on the lives of people in the minority.

That's why it has to be enshrined in law.

[pfriedma.livejournal.com]

I don't think you understand what I mean by "human rights".
In a modern society, human rights - health, shelter, not getting the shit beat out of you, etc - trump one's belief in an invisible sky fairy and what he tells you to do.
If you are a provider of a service to these ends (e.g healthcare, property management, etc) it is your responsibility to society to practice them without discrimination, and if you can't, you should either move to a place more suited to your demographic, or at the very least, refer a patient to someone else. Total refusal to practice medicine based on the practitioner's religious belief, when the procedure is well established, amounts to malpractice. God forbid you ever end up in the ER with a doctor that refuses to administer antibiotics because he believes laying on hands will cure you.