(July 4, 2014 at 1:43 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Are there? Such as?[emphasis is mine]
We have very different notions of what "rights" are, if one's rights are allowed to override those of another.
The right to free speech comes secondary to the right to safety. That's why it's not ok to start screaming "FIRE!" in a theater when there is no fire.
While I agree that rights are not something that anyone can, or should be able to, take away, some are subordinate to others. Whether or not the right to religious freedom should be subordinate to the right to heath care is a matter of debate and honestly I am divided on the matter. I would not want to force someone to do something they are morally/ethically against, much as I would not wish to be made to do something I am morally/ethically against. On the other hand, if I don't want to do something I am morally/ethically against, I won't seek a position where it may be part of my duties and/or obligations.
Many in the religious right wants it both ways. They don't want to do something they are morally/ethically against, but they want unfettered freedom to seek any position regardless of duties and/or obligations and then want to complain that they're being oppressed.
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