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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • I actually agree with this decision. We can’t force people to leave religion. And, in a secular society, reasonable accommodations can be made. In New York, it has long been common for religious Jews to leave the office earlier on Fridays and not work Saturdays. My mother needed home health aides 24x7 toward the end of her life. The ones who worked Sunday were always Seventh Day Adventists.

    I don’t have a problem with this.

    As a tangent, I do have a problem with people taking jobs that are wholly or partly against their religion. So, for example, pharmacists who are not willing to fill all prescriptions should choose another line of work. If you don’t agree with birth control or medical abortions, don’t take birth control or have a medical abortion.

    But, if you’re not willing to fill a prescription for someone else, you need another job.

    Taken to extremes, I can imagine a pharmacist refusing to fill my insulin prescription because they believe in the power of crystals and want to sell me a lump of quartz. I know it’s reductio ad absurdum. But, is it really any different ethically?