Abolishing Religious Freedom
A pharmacy in Olympia, WA didn’t want to sell abortion drugs. Ralph’s Thriftway (locally owned) was represented by attorneys from Becket Fund and Alliance Defending Freedom. Thirty other pharmacies within 5 miles of the pharmacy had the abortion inducing drugs but that was not good enough for the radical leftist thugs.
An article from The Wanderer says that pro-abortion activists took the pharmacy to court. Judge Leighton (God bless him) summarized the case
“This case [poses the] question: Can the state compel licensed pharmacies… to dispense [abortifacients] over their… religious belief that doing so [is murder]?”
Wanderer: In 2007, under pressure from Planned Parenthood and the Northwest Woman’s Law Center, the Washington state Board of Pharmacies enacted regulations designed to do just that. Judge Leighton said “In the case of a pharmacy owner with religious objections… there is no option other than to [go out of] business—and the Board was well aware of [that] when it designed the rule. The facts… lead to the inescapable conclusion that the Board’s rules discriminate intentionally and impinge on… [the] fundamental right to free exercise of religion.”
But the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit overturned that opinion
Then Sup Ct “Justices” Kennedy, Ginsberg, Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayer declined to hear the case
Alito said “The dilemma… is plain: Violate your sincerely held religious belief or get out of the pharmacy business… Washington would rather have no pharmacy than one that doesn’t toe the [pro-death] line… If this is a sign of how religious liberty claims will be treated in the years to come, those who value religious freedom have great cause for concern. To force a family-owned [business]… to cooperate in the taking of [life]—or… leave the… business—is an act of tyranny… Five justices on the… Supreme Court [are OK with that].
And you wonder why conservatives, Christians… people of good will say that this election year it is crucial... to vote for someone who respects the Constitution, and will appoint to the Sup Ct those who adhere to it? That is Donald Trump ONLY
Again, without the Constitution, we are no better than any other nation…
