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California doctors can’t refuse treatment to gays on religious grounds, court rules

Posted on August 19th, 2008 at 17:35 by John Sinteur in category: News -- Write a comment

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Doctors may not discriminate against gays and lesbians in medical treatment, even if the procedures being sought conflict with physicians’ religious beliefs, the California Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday.

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“The 1st Amendment’s right to the free exercise of religion does not exempt defendant physicians here from conforming their conduct to the . . . antidiscrimination requirements,” Justice Joyce L. Kennard wrote for the court.

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