You mean the "lifestyle" of being who you are?

I dislike the word "lifestyle".

The problem, as I see it, is that those who label being lgbtq as a "lifetyle" are misusing the word due to their own ignorance.

It blows my mind that so many people
still think one's sexuality is a choice and that we can all just be whatever we decide to be.

Ignorance with a side of cruelty.

So to them it seems like a lifestyle. But yes very ignorant.

A republican party politician is your future.

that is not always the case...........

The only religious exemptions I can think of as being acceptable relate to food and worship days.

When I was in school, we were taught even if the patient was a convicted rapist, murderer, pedophile or any other disgusting type, you were to treat them professionally without prejudice . Their character was not relevant in the quality of care you offered.

If anyone suggested this even as recently as 20 years ago, they'd have been called "unamerican."

A couple of generations ago, particularly in the South, medical services were granted or withheld on the basis of race. A black man would be allowed to die in a hospital parking lot, rather than be admitted to a 'white' hospital.

you treat the person in front of you. Only the condition of the body (or mind, in mental health situations) is pertinent; everything else is irrelevant.

If doctors get to pick and choose who should receive their medical attention based on their religion, then very few people in prison would receive medical attention.

They already pick and choose patients based on the patient's wealth and ability to pay for the doctor's services.

Thank you.

…based on their personal religion.

The professor’s response is exactly what I’ve been saying ever since W signed that misbegotten law. Yes, it was aimed at Plan B and birth control pills, but you had to know it would be extended.

decide whether they are willing to assist you, please try to answer our interview questions as quickly and clearly as possible, so that you do not bleed out or succumb to cardiac arrest before we are comfortable sending for the necessary equipment and specialists. Here at The Good Samaritan's Hospital, we always try to keep this admission interview short. The first fifty question concern your dietary habits, religious beliefs, and reading preferences ..."

BIGOTS ARE THE ONES WHO NEED TO BE SHUNNED

especially if you work in health care. You have to be prepared to deliver care to somebody who raped and murdered a little kid as well as Jesus jumpers who think a hospital is a great place to find new converts...starting with you.

You see all kinds in healthcare, it's a large part of what keeps things interesting. The thread that ties them all together is that they are all human beings, whether or not they have major and/or dangerous screws loose, and they're hurting and they came to you for help.

Anyone who can't see that doesn't belong anywhere near health care, and that first and foremost means right wing Christians, especially those in politics or standing in pulpits. They are supremely unqualified for the job.

To fill birth control prescriptions because of their religious beliefs. GO FIND A DIFFERENT JOB.

Bigots(they were)?

Bigots can find somewhere else to eat
Most stores have a sign saying "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone"
Those specific bigots should be refused all food, and oxygen.

the question was stupid!
(and reveals so much about the questioner. )

This in the day, when other professors would instruct students to drag the mirror handle over the patient’s soft palate to see if he was gay or not. I am not kidding, I could not make this up.