The state has the right to tell you that you can't sell to a person based on gender/race. The state does not have the right to tell you that must sell X. Would a Muslim store owner have to sell pork?
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:46:38 -0500, Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'm saying is that the sale of those pills is legal because you can't > legislate based on religious beliefs. This is because of separation of > church and state. Therefore - the sale is legal and should not be refused. > > --- On Wednesday, November 10, 2004 1:43 PM, dana tierney scribed: --- > > > > 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135226 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
