Tag Archives: religious freedom
Psst, anti-choicers! Your real agenda is showing!
TweetWhat did you do this weekend? Did you attend a rally to protest the Obama administration’s infringement on religious liberty? Probably not. Because even if you did go to Friday’s Stand Up for Religious Freedom rally in Washington, D.C., that’s not what that rally was about. Yes, I know, it has “religious freedom” in the [...]
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Judge rules pharmacists can refuse to sell emergency contraception
TweetIn yet another victory for “religious conscience” at the expense of women’s health, a federal judge struck down Washington State’s law requiring pharmacies to stock emergency contraception. The AP reports: Washington state cannot force pharmacies to sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the state’s true goal was to [...]
Also tagged birth control, conscience clause, emergency contraception, individual rights, no-cost birth control, Religious Exemptions, Reproductive Rights Comments closed
Local clerk in New York refuses to sign gay marriage licenses
TweetI have so little patience for this bullshit. After New York legalized same-sex marriage last June, some local clerks resigned rather than have to sign marriage licenses for gay couples. But in Ledyard, a rural upstate town, the town clerk Rose Marie Belforti avoids committing that terrible sin by having her deputy sign all marriage [...]
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Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown on religious freedom and vagina