Comments on: When religious freedom goes too far http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/29/when_religious_freedom_goes_too_far A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: justme http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/29/when_religious_freedom_goes_too_far/comment-page-1#comment-70485 justme Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-70485 Yeah...the same people protesting abortion clinics should be outside that place too! Yeah…the same people protesting abortion clinics should be outside that place too!

]]> By: quantum_flux http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/29/when_religious_freedom_goes_too_far/comment-page-1#comment-70487 quantum_flux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-70487 That's so f-d up! That’s so f-d up!

]]> By: karen http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/29/when_religious_freedom_goes_too_far/comment-page-1#comment-70489 karen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-70489 Another example of Save the Zygote! but let the child die. <br /> <br /> I can sympathize with the quandary the docs were in in this case. Left to the guardian to decide, the boy for sure wasn't going to get the transfusion. Maybe they thought he'd waffle on his beliefs when facing a death sentence, but apparently the brainwashing had been too thorough. Another example of Save the Zygote! but let the child die.

I can sympathize with the quandary the docs were in in this case. Left to the guardian to decide, the boy for sure wasn’t going to get the transfusion. Maybe they thought he’d waffle on his beliefs when facing a death sentence, but apparently the brainwashing had been too thorough.

]]> By: mxracer652 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/29/when_religious_freedom_goes_too_far/comment-page-1#comment-70490 mxracer652 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-70490 Disagree, the judge was right to let the decision be up to the boy. 14 years old is old enough to know the consequences.<br /> <br /> I'll be damned if I let the state start telling people what they do to themselves.<br /> <br /> This was the right decision for liberty. Disagree, the judge was right to let the decision be up to the boy. 14 years old is old enough to know the consequences.

I’ll be damned if I let the state start telling people what they do to themselves.

This was the right decision for liberty.

]]> By: jeff_r http://atheists.org/blog/2007/11/29/when_religious_freedom_goes_too_far/comment-page-1#comment-70493 jeff_r Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-70493 <i>"Doctors at Children's diagnosed Lindberg's leukemia early this month and began giving him chemotherapy. Because such treatment destroys the body's ability to make red blood cells, transfusions were necessary, doctors said."</i> Why did the doctors give the boy chemo knowing he wouldn't allow the transfusions? The answer better be that the aunt and boy agreed to the transfusions, then changed their minds. Otherwise the doctors share the blame for hastening the boy's death. “Doctors at Children’s diagnosed Lindberg’s leukemia early this month and began giving him chemotherapy. Because such treatment destroys the body’s ability to make red blood cells, transfusions were necessary, doctors said.”

Why did the doctors give the boy chemo knowing he wouldn’t allow the transfusions? The answer better be that the aunt and boy agreed to the transfusions, then changed their minds. Otherwise the doctors share the blame for hastening the boy’s death.

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