This just in my inbox, courtesy of the far-right, anti-choice, anti-marriage, anti-family “American Family Association”:
According to several news agencies, President Barack Obama will rescind the “conscience rule” that protects health workers who refuse to participate in abortions or other medical procedures that go against their moral and religious beliefs. If the rule is rescinded, doctors, nurses and other health care workers could lose their jobs or be punished professionally for adhering to their sincerely held religious convictions. Obama’s proposal would take away their religious freedom…
No. It would take away their option to deny medical care to which their patients have a legal right, on the basis of their personal convictions.
Let me be the first to acknowledge that every job is not for everyone. I, for instance, would never want to work in a far-right, anti-choice, anti-marriage, anti-family organization like AFA. However, in the event hell freezes over and if I did apply for a job there, should I be allowed to opt out of whatever aspects of that job are objectionable to my religious beliefs? Or should I maybe find another job for which I’m better suited for the tasks? I think the latter.
Reflections of Ryberg 