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[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 week ago

Someone being LGBT doesn't mean McDonald's is allowed to refuse them service, or ESSO is allowed to refuse to sell them gas, or a gym can refuse them membership. Why the fuck do you think a doctor should be allowed to refuse them treatment for a disease?

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago

Someone being LGBT doesn’t mean McDonald’s is allowed to refuse them service, or ESSO is allowed to refuse to sell them gas, or a gym can refuse them membership.

Patience, patience ... the GOP is working on this as well.

[-] III@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Technically they aren't. By their plan, someone who is LGBT couldn't be refused service at McDonalds because they are to be arrested and thrown in jail on sight. Like, how would they have even gotten into McDonalds much less have the gall to ask for a Big Mac?...

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Finally someone is doing something.

/s

[-] Joeffect@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Doesn't this fall under the Hippocratic oath anyways? Or am I mistaken

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

The oath is a promise, not a law. People break promises all the time.

[-] lemmyseikai@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

If you are POTUS you get to break the law all the time too.

[-] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, but it's an ethical promise, so they are saying healthcare professionals have shady ethics.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

not mistaken, but certain roles like pharmacists, cashiers, nurses, dentists and lab techs dont take that oath. Many doctors now take alternate oaths too, not the original oath.

[-] medgremlin@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

The Hippocratic oath doesn't cover this at all and actually explicitly forbids abortion and euthanasia. It's really quite antiquated which is why I wrote an oath for myself that I hold to.

There's a lot of debate about the specific meanings of the text, but there are many Christian physicians that will latch onto those passages as an excuse to apply their own beliefs to patient care. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath

[-] Joeffect@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

What? They can totally do those things. They are private businesses who can reject whomever they want. Protected classes are only protected for things like housing, employment, and public things (school/utilities/etc.)

[-] DRStamm@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

If that were true, the US would still have segregated lunch counters, grocery stores, and private buses. The Supreme Court may be getting us on the way there one day, but right now the only way that private businesses are allowed to discriminate against protected classes is to call the output work a "creative expression" like website design, floral arrangement, or cake decoration, and that's from the 303 Creative case.

Besides, how would it make sense if a company could bar you as a customer for being gay, but be compelled to employ you?

[-] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

There is no federal law that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in public accommodations, like restaurants, theaters and other businesses. However, state and local laws where you live may ban this kind of discrimination.

Source: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/lgbtq-rights

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