Posted on 11/09/2004 8:23:53 AM PST by Michael Goldsberry
Edited on 11/09/2004 8:39:31 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
He's in the wrong profession. There are many drugs that may cause moral delimmas. Narcotics come to mind.
Well, of course, the law will take its course, but this is a rare man - a man courageous enough to comply with what his conscience requires of him.
Sounds like you need to open a pharmacy so you can employ this idiot.
Of course he's in trouble. The prescription wasn't his to keep.
Absolutely not. That is unless she is his child/dependent.
"Utopia? Is that west of Baghdad?"
Not for very much longer, hopefully!
Is this really the first time you've come into contact with a man like this pharmacist - a man who will follow his conscience regardless of the consequences?
None of this should shock you. It's not like he killed anyone, is it? ;-)
He shouldn't have kept the prescription but that isn't the salient point. The question is do pharmacist, doctors etc. have a right to refuse to participate in what they see as the detruction of human life. I think the answer to that is clear. Of course they do.
So you're saying that the moral convictions of one person should not extend so far as to take away the rights of other people?
"...but this is a rare man - a man courageous enough to comply with what his conscience requires of him."
This man is a whack job who by this time tomorrow will be portrayed by the MSM as the new face of "the evangelical right wing" who elected "W" in '04.
Yes. He's killed one of our most important rights: the RIGHT TO PERSONAL PROPERTY.
If that right doesn't mean anything to YOU, then I suggest you pack your bags and head for Iran.
Personally, I think this whole thread should be pulled. It's becoming fodder for ridicule from the DUers.
I think that if we sat down with him and heard his story, his reasons for doing what he did, we'd perhaps be in a better position to judge his conscience.
I agree.
I agree and go even further. They don't have to participate in anything they don't agree with, for any reason or no reason at all. But they do have to give the prescription back, they don't own it.
And if their customers don't like it, they can go elsewhere.
That is exactly what I'm saying.
A pharmacist is not a doctor.
There is an upside to this. Another thread today mentioned a Catholic based health plan that operates in accordance with Catholic teaching - no abortion or contraceptives to be paid for. Maybe they'll open a pharmacy where this guy can get a job.
When one's values don't permit you to do the job for which you are being paid, get a different job. It certainly is not this individual's place to make the call as to what will and will not be filled.
The post hoping that their pharmacist not become a Christian Scientist was hilarious, and illustrative of the problem with working someplace in conflict with your values.
What's next, a PETA member working at McDonalds and refusing to serve any meat?
Thank you. I was beginning to feel like the Lone Ranger in LaLa Land.
So it is your belief that no one has the right to impose their own moral beliefs on other people?
Think about that before you answer it.
Are you sure you want to stand by that statement?
That Constitution guarantees the right to freely exercise religion.
It does no such thing.
If a pharmacist or a doctor has beliefs that inhibit them from destroying human life, then they are free to exercise their rights and not do that.
If through employment negotiations they arrived at an agreement that they will not have to dispense medicines they find objectionable, fine. If they do not have such an agreement with their employer they have 3 choices: Quit, dispense the medicine, start their own business and run as they see fit.
Let the law take its course, and have confidence that this pharmacist does not have the power to kill the right to personal property in this country.
If that right doesn't mean anything to YOU, then I suggest you pack your bags and head for Iran.
I can't even consider that! I have a ten o'clock tee time tomorrow. ;-)
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