Posted on 02/17/2016 4:37:50 PM PST by Olog-hai
Therapists and counselors in Tennessee could decline to treat patients on the basis of "sincerely held religious beliefs" under a bill passed by the state Senate on Wednesday.
Opponents argued that counselors shouldn't be allowed to deny treatment of people in crisis because they are gay, transgender or practice a different religion. But the chamber ultimately voted 27-5 in favor of the bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Jack Johnson of Franklin, who said it is aimed at being able to refer patients to "people who specialize in this."
The bill is part of a wave of state legislative proposals to allow clergy, businesses or state officials to refuse certain services to certain people based on religious views, an after-effect of the Supreme Court's ruling on gay marriage. ...
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of course this ends under any form of universal single payer system.
Smarter would be to stop all funding of “counselors” altogether.
I don’t think that’s what’s at stake here....this seems to apply to any counseling, whether paid for by the state or not.
The Federal Courts will soon overturn this!
My take is, if they can't, or won't, defend real marriage in Tennessee in any substantive way, they won't be able to defend these much lesser battles.
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