nogutsnoglory
Moderator
This is incredibly disturbing and passed it's first hurdle in the house and now onto the senate. If this passes LGBT people can be denied medical services and emergency treatment. How would they even know if one is gay or is it based on perception?
"The US Supreme Court used the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act as the basis for its Hobby Lobby decision which allowed some private corporations to refuse to follow the ACA mandate for providing contraceptive coverage in health plans. A number of states have adopted versions of a state level RFRA. Now the Michigan legislature is considering a bill for an RCFA that would allow "freedom of conscience" to refuse to provide a wide range of services to gays, including emergency medical treatment. The bill has been passed by the house and is now in the senate."
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/12...Right-To-Withhold-Medical-Treatment-From-Gays
"The US Supreme Court used the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act as the basis for its Hobby Lobby decision which allowed some private corporations to refuse to follow the ACA mandate for providing contraceptive coverage in health plans. A number of states have adopted versions of a state level RFRA. Now the Michigan legislature is considering a bill for an RCFA that would allow "freedom of conscience" to refuse to provide a wide range of services to gays, including emergency medical treatment. The bill has been passed by the house and is now in the senate."
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/12...Right-To-Withhold-Medical-Treatment-From-Gays