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Bill would let Michigan doctors, EMTs refuse to treat gay patients
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP Dec 12, 2014 01:30pm |
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Category | Proposed Legislation |
Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
News Date | Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Can doctors and emergency medical technicians legally refuse to give life saving assistance to a gay person, because of their religious beliefs? That question is being debated in the Michigan legislature.
The Republican-led House has approved the Michigan Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which essentially states that people do not have to perform an act that would violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.
"For example, a Christian doctor who does not believe in a gay lifestyle would not have to treat a gay patient," CBS Detroit legal analyst Charlie Langton said. "Or perhaps, a Jewish butcher would not have to handle non-Kosher meat." |
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