Another bizarre court case
An appeals court has backed two fertility doctors who refused to treat a lesbian patient because it would have violated their religious beliefs, reports David Teather in The Guardian, Dec. 5: for the full article, see http://www.guardian.uk.co/usa/story/0%2C2271%2C1657878%2C00.html. This is one of those stories that makes you feel like you're in a Sistine Chapel painted by Bosch instead of Michelangelo. In 1999, doctors at a San Diego fertility clinic declined to provide artificial insemination to a lesbian. The lesbian won the first round of court battles, the doctors have won the latest, and the case is expected to move on to the California Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the lesbian had the procedure done elsewhere and now has a 3-year-old son. Lucky kid.
It's nice that the appeals court ruled that freedom of religion trumps a state's anti-discrimination code, at least until some other court says it doesn't. Stories like this reveal the sheer absurdity of attempting to govern human affairs without yielding to God's law. In the secular Eden, it's hard to know where farce ends and tragedy begins.
It's nice that the appeals court ruled that freedom of religion trumps a state's anti-discrimination code, at least until some other court says it doesn't. Stories like this reveal the sheer absurdity of attempting to govern human affairs without yielding to God's law. In the secular Eden, it's hard to know where farce ends and tragedy begins.
