Discrimination is Discrimination...No Matter What you Call it
On June 30th Governor Mike Dewine (R-OH) signed Ohio's two year budget. Given that it was crafted by the Trump loving Ohio GOP, it was heavy on tax cuts and gimme's for the donor class. Buried in that budget bill, however, was a provision that was pure...red...meat for the religious extremist wing of the GOP. The budget contains a provision which codifies discrimination against the LGBTQ community into law. This measure allows "health care workers, hospitals and health insurance providers to deny services that violate their moral or religious beliefs". There is so much wrong with this, but let me start by saying, as a critical care nurse myself, any physician, nurse, pharmacist, or any other member of the allied healthcare professions who would deny care to anyone...on the basis of "moral or religious beliefs", needs to surrender their licenses and leave their respective professions. DeWine had the option to use the line item veto to remove this pernicious, ...