Immanuel
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I'm glad you guys are pleased with yourselves.
I was kinda sorry I posted that fireman bit even seconds after I posted it. The cop thing is more plausible, because of the legitimate religious concern attached to it. But the premise of the argument is this: Do your f*ckin job. If you don't want to dispense drugs, don't be a pharmacist.
It's not that complicated.
Even simpler. The government doesn't have the right to tell me to do my job unless I work for the government. PERIOD. If I want to open a restaurant and then sit on my ass all day long refusing to serve food to anyone. That is MY business AND my right.
Wrong. You're talking about working in a regulated industry.
I myself work in a very heavily regulated industry. Although I am a private entity, you're damn right I'm told what I may and may not sell.
In my industry there is no requirement to sell any particular product, but the healthcare industry is obviously regulated differently.
Once more, if I don't want to work in a regulated industry, I'm free to go elsewhere. Same goes for a pharmacist who has moral objections to certain healthcare products.
When they start forcing you to sell a product that you know is bad... maybe environmentally, then I will be on your side if you refuse to sell it.
I understand the government has a legitimate interest in not allowing someone to sell harmful materials, say pesticides, but that is different IMHO than the government forcing someone to sell something that they believe to be harmful.
Immie