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One more thing - the way this story (the Michigan doctor) was originally presented in the media sent me off on the wrong track.

I had forgotten that choosing a doctor is a very sensitive matter, and that when I chose a doctor I did not want someone of a totally secular, non-spiritual perspective.

And I assume it is the same with doctors, i.e., they prefer patients who will not argue with them, who accept the same basic philosophy regarding health care issues, and who - to a large degree - share their worldview.

So this doctor in Michigan was just doing the lesbian couple a favor, steering them to a doctor whose beliefs were more congruent with their own. And the welfare of the child was IN NO WAY threatened.

I first found out about this because a very liberal woman who is a casual friend of my girlfriend sent her an outrage-filled email, with a link to the story, regarding this matter.

The irony is that this woman is very emotional and opinionated and is EXACTLY the kind of person who would be very fussy about choosing a doctor and very quick to "fire" one who did not share her views.

So this doctor in Michigan was just doing the lesbian couple a favor, steering them to a doctor whose beliefs were more congruent with their own. And the welfare of the child was IN NO WAY threatened.

We agree completely; however, the trend with homofascism is to punish anyone who dares either to stand up for traditional values or to tactfully withdraw for the sake of Christian ethics, no matter how compassionately they do it. There have been two or more cases of people who are almost finished their long slog of attaining a doctorate in counseling, and in the final year when faced with a homosexual client during their practicum, tried to refer them to someone who would be sympathetic to their "identity", and then were kicked out of the counseling program and denied their doctorate after all that work and investment. These cases have been settled in favor of the injured students, but after a killing drain on them and interruption to their career — and a blackball in academia lasts forever regardless of the court's opinion of what the b*st*rd fascists could or could not get away with.