tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post1617473604722207677..comments2008-12-26T10:19:16.925ZAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-53396915041588267672008-12-26T10:19:00.000Z2008-12-26T10:19:00.000ZFionnchú, the Americans often handle these matters better than the Brits. The latter almost introduced an awful law back in 2006 which, only for the public opposition and some solid leadership given by comedians and writers, would have resulted in draconian practices and entertainers in jail. The morning after pill is an obvious one for the zealots to make a stand on. Good that they lost the case in the States. These people should never be allowed the authority to police others.AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-33091072391468251772008-12-24T20:20:00.000Z2008-12-24T20:20:00.000ZThere's been controversy in California this year when we had the window for gay couples to marry; certain clerks protested on similar grounds to Ladele. So far, based on earlier cases when pharmacists were held duty-bound by their profession to dispense the morning-after pills despite their personal objections, it looks as if the workplace in the U.S. has to abide by the law when it conflicts with their beliefs. It's intriguing if also dispiriting to compare British judgments on this matter, lacking the American controversies grounded in the First Amendment's ingeniously overlapping protections of, and from, religion!Fionnchúhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.com