Intolerance under the law

A while back (like 2 1/2 weeks ago) I was complaining about the religious exemption Target Corp. provides for its pharmacists such that if they don't want to prescribe EC b/c of religious reasons....they don't have to.

Unfortunately religiously-based discrimination has just been ruled legal in CA where several doctors refused to inseminate a lesbian couple.....because it was against their religious beliefs. This is exactly the kind of stuff that the law ought to prohibit.

People can have whatever religion they so desire, but when it denies the rights of others.....especially rights to medical treatment....the religion has to take a back seat to the law.

Oddly, religion seems only to be implicated when dealing with contraception and homosexuality....I mean nearly every religion is pretty clear on whether it's okay to kill people, yet none of these people seemed to be willing to withhold their votes from W. and he's certainly killed a lot of people. Hypocrisy...yeah, probably.

This religious freedom argument is just rebranded religious imposition legislation....allowing people to discriminate on the basis of their personal beliefs....how is that any different from the atheist who is a racist or a bigot - they have their belief structures.....(though many claim religious support)? The answer is - it isn't, it's simply "Hate, because God told me so."

Oh....wouldn't it be grand to be in the majority.......