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This doctor has the right not to treat whomever she wishes. However, she will also face the backlash due to her close-minded decision. If I found that my children's pediatrician refused to treat or children based on her religious beliefs I would look for another doctor ASAP!
How would a court have the power to do that??? That's a legislative power.
Yes, but not allowing sexuality to be considered a protected class could run afoul of equal protection. It won't really matter if the courts handle it or referendums, this will be the next battleground after the SC rules on same sex marriage. And it will be a battleground that the right will lose on again.
Which would be nice I guess, but not required. I don't have a sign on my house that says I do not associate with boorish a-holes, but I reserve the right to not associate with boorish a-holes anyway.
Your house is not a business catering to the public.
"Jami and Krista Contreras ... brought their 6-day-old baby to Eastlake Pediatrics in Roseville for a checkup. But after waiting for their newborn’s first checkup, Dr. Vesna Roi refused to see them. Another doctor told the couple that Roi decided she couldn’t treat their baby because they are lesbians."
Dr. Roi later wrote them a letter (kind of) explaining and apologizing. I guess that makes it all better:
"After much prayer following your prenatal, I felt that I would not be able to develop the personal patient-doctor relationships that I normally do with my patients ... I should have spoken with you directly that day ... Please know that I believe that God gives us free choice and I would never judge anyone based on what they do with that free choice."
Should doctors be able to discriminate and not treat patients (or their children) on the basis of sexual orientation like the law allows them to do in many states such as Michigan? Or should gay people - like black people or Christian people - be protected under anti-discrimination laws?
Whether anyone is straight or gay, who would want a doctor like that anyway?
"Jami and Krista Contreras ... brought their 6-day-old baby to Eastlake Pediatrics in Roseville for a checkup. But after waiting for their newborn’s first checkup, Dr. Vesna Roi refused to see them. Another doctor told the couple that Roi decided she couldn’t treat their baby because they are lesbians."
Dr. Roi later wrote them a letter (kind of) explaining and apologizing. I guess that makes it all better:
"After much prayer following your prenatal, I felt that I would not be able to develop the personal patient-doctor relationships that I normally do with my patients ... I should have spoken with you directly that day ... Please know that I believe that God gives us free choice and I would never judge anyone based on what they do with that free choice."
Should doctors be able to discriminate and not treat patients (or their children) on the basis of sexual orientation like the law allows them to do in many states such as Michigan? Or should gay people - like black people or Christian people - be protected under anti-discrimination laws?
Given that we have anti-discrimination laws, I think gay people should be protected by them. However, I don't think we should have anti-discrimination laws. So I would support these women in a discrimination case given the current laws, but then I'd repeal the discrimination laws entirely. It should be absolutely legal for private citizens to discriminate based on whatever criteria they choose. That's called freedom.
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