Sunday, January 08, 2006

Rights for Me but not for Thee?

Paul Belien expresses concerns about how the priorities of the European Union may make conscientious objection meaningless, and ultimately drive Bible-believing Christians out of government altogether.

This reminds me of the debate on forcing pharmacists to fill birth control prescriptions, where the so-called pro-choice side reveals that if you are not a pregnant women, they don't give a **** about your choice. (Read the comments here to see how many people on the left essentially believe that governments should determine exactly what a private pharmacy stocks. Oh, you're a Catholic hospital? Well, "separation" of church and state means that the state will impose its values on you. (That's a whole other post, on the difference between leftist and rightist understandings of "separation of church and state.")

[I should point out I don't have a problem with a privately-owned store firing a pharmacist for not filling a prescription, but it ought to be the store's job to make the policy, not the state's).

That is all.

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