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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit - Fuck Your Conscience; Do Your Job [View all]DirkGently
(12,151 posts)34. Hurting people is not a religion.
"Conscience clauses" use the same sick inversion of logic -- to permit people to hurt those they irrationally hate -- over and again.
They need to go, as do the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" used to justify Hobby Lobby and every similar law.
Everyone's religious "freedom" ends at abusing or discriminating against others who don't share your views. The fact that a few demented people think their metaphysical belief system puts them in charge of everyone else's sex lives notwithstanding.
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How is a pharmacist contradicting a doctor on a matter of medicine not 'practicing medicine'?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#5
sadly, the "pharamcist" is a her. other than that, absolutely agree, except that georgia
niyad
Apr 2015
#42
The only reason she might get in trouble, is that she (the pharmicist) gave the wrong justification
Kber
Apr 2015
#47
The pain and sorrow Brittany Cartrett was already experiencing was awful enough
deutsey
Apr 2015
#12
The right gets so worked up about the government getting between a person and her doctor.
Brickbat
Apr 2015
#14
The Rude Pundit has been an ally to women for since I first found him.
BlancheSplanchnik
Apr 2015
#60
Bravo! Bullshit far too often gets in the way of people's ability to do their job.
Initech
Apr 2015
#64