Monday, August 18, 2008

Court: It's not religious freedom - it's bigotry

Unanimous California Supreme Court ruling:

(Via ABC News)
Doctors Can't Deny Lesbians Care on Religious Grounds

Justice Joyce Kennard ruled that two Christian fertility doctors who refused to artificially inseminate a lesbian couple cannot claim a free speech or religious exemption from California's anti-discrimination law. 

The ruling extends a state law barring sexual orientation-based discrimination to the medical profession.

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