But he is not the state. Medicare/Medicaid refusing to fill prescriptions that violate fundamentalist teaching would be a violation of church and state. What this would be (I think) is gender-based discrimination.
Dana On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:36:33 -0500, Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I meant was that separation of church and state implicitly forbids laws > based on religion or faith as that would discrimination against another > faith. Therefore, the law says that: > > 1 - these pills are legal > > 2 - you can't discriminate against someone because of your beliefs > > So, because of separation of church and state the pharmacist cannot legally > refuse to sell this item. > > --- On Wednesday, November 10, 2004 1:10 PM, dana tierney scribed: --- > > > > but Howie.... a pharmacist in private practice is neither. Not that I > > agree with this hypothetical pharmacist, but I don't think that's your > > argument. > > > > Dana > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135212 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
