Have been awake for some time this early morning, tossing and turning over THIS news story. It is mind bogglingly preposterous.
The ludicrousness of this news story just begs the question ‘What next’. I mean this is only the tip of the iceberg isn’t it. This opens a whole can of worms. So here we go, ‘what’s next’ as I see it.
Lets get all 50 states to go ahead and enact laws similar to the ‘Job Protection’ laws of South Dakota and Arkansas …no wait …let’s make it a federal law. Yeah a federal ‘Job Protection’ law with a ‘Conscience Clause’ that says that I cannot be fired from my job, no matter what my job is, for refusing to do a part of my job that I find to be against my religious/political views/beliefs. Ok, that works right, got everyone covered.
I mean let’s just get a little perspective here. What we’re talking about is this in a nutshell. I chose my job, which means I had a desire for this type of work or a ‘calling’ of sorts to this particular field. But now I find that I object to some parts of my job. I find some of my required job tasks to be objectionable. However, instead of getting a new or different job that is not so objectionable to me I would rather impose on and inconvenience you.
Sure so now not only can Christian pharmacists refuse to sell women their birth control pills but Catholic pharmacist can in addition, refuse to sell anyone condoms and spermicides. This would also cover the Christian Scientist pharmacist who instead of your prescription would hand you a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Heck, who’s to say your doctor would even agree to write you a prescription for birth control if it’s against his religious beliefs.
Or, what about the social worker who refuses services to a woman because she is poor and pregnant for the 6th time and he believes she should be using birth control?
Shall we take it one step further…oh lets, why not take a few more steps down this slippery slope.
This new law would also cover the young devout Muslim youth working at Wal-Mart who could then refuse to sell to women any objectionable clothing like shorts, pants and short skirts because it’s against his religion for her to wear them. Heck let’s make this young Muslim man a total fundamentalist and he can refuse service to all women not wearing burqas and know that his job is secure.
Of course this would also grant the same rights to the Mormon grocery store clerk who can refuse to ring up your alcohol and caffeine products because it’s against her religion for you to drink them. She’s just conscientiously objecting.
And how about the Christian public school science teacher who can now refuse to teach Darwin.
And if we’re going that far how about the staunch Democratic bank teller who turns her back on any all Republican clients? Why not?
I’ve got a million of them but I’ll stop now before I get completely out of hand.
Has America gone completely mad? This is the kind of thinking that makes it ok to sue McDonalds because they didn’t warn me that the coffee they were about to serve me would be HOT. This is the mentality of people who want to sue Burger King because the food they ordered, paid for and ate has made them FAT!
Who are we becoming? What gives me, you or anyone the right to impose our personal beliefs on everyone else?
Someone do me a favor, whoever is closest, reach over and bitch slap THESE people before the madness goes any further.
I am not anti-Christian or anti-Religious, I AM ANTI-STUPID!
That is all.
