Posted on Oct 4, 2019
He Opposed Using Transgender Clients’ Pronouns. It Became a Legal Battle.
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Curious what everyone's opinions are, no right or wrong answers here. Do government doctors have a right to "conscientiously object" to various standards of care on the basis of their religion? Say if a white doctor at the VA refused to treat an African American because Acts 17:26 says "and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation."
Does allowing individuals to establish their own standards open the floodgates to everything else, or is it possible to accommodate government healthcare professionals so that they don't have to work with demographics they don't approve of?
Does allowing individuals to establish their own standards open the floodgates to everything else, or is it possible to accommodate government healthcare professionals so that they don't have to work with demographics they don't approve of?
He Opposed Using Transgender Clients’ Pronouns. It Became a Legal Battle.
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Transgender
LGBTQ+
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Healthcare
Christianity
Transgender LGBTQ+ Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare Christianity
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I don't subscribe to the NYT so I apologize if I am off point.
In the U.S., once you enter the commerce stream... if you offer a service, you offer it to all who want it. If I make wedding cakes, I make them for anyone that wants a wedding cake. On the other hand, if I don't cater weddings, people cannot force me to cater a wedding because they are part of a protected status demographic. If I accept a government position to provide a service, the government, not I, determine who is a valid recipient of my services.
That said, I do not leave my rights at the door completely. When I encounter someone new, I generally ask how they want me to address them. I honestly am not smart enough to figure out all the alternative gender pronouns. My solution... if someone prefers to use some form of an alternative pronoun, my simple solution is to never use a pronoun in referring to them, and always use their name. If that offends them, I let them know I'm not looking for a fight, but clearly they are, so it is best if we part ways.
In the U.S., once you enter the commerce stream... if you offer a service, you offer it to all who want it. If I make wedding cakes, I make them for anyone that wants a wedding cake. On the other hand, if I don't cater weddings, people cannot force me to cater a wedding because they are part of a protected status demographic. If I accept a government position to provide a service, the government, not I, determine who is a valid recipient of my services.
That said, I do not leave my rights at the door completely. When I encounter someone new, I generally ask how they want me to address them. I honestly am not smart enough to figure out all the alternative gender pronouns. My solution... if someone prefers to use some form of an alternative pronoun, my simple solution is to never use a pronoun in referring to them, and always use their name. If that offends them, I let them know I'm not looking for a fight, but clearly they are, so it is best if we part ways.
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