Wow, how’s this for an interesting situation?

I just got finished a long discussion with a right wing friend of mine. She’s a nurse at a hospital in a major city a couple of states west of here.

Now I don’t have a ton of background information, but the basic fact is this: She has been disciplined and may well be fired because she refused to treat a patient.

She refused to treat them because of her “religious beliefs”. And exactly what did this patient say or do that made my friend not want to treat him?

Nothing. She did not want to treat him or deal with her family because they were Muslim.

Yes, REALLY.

She flat out refused to treat them. Her boss assigned a different nurse to them and suspended my friend. She is currently awaiting the outcome of a hearing that will determine whether or not she keeps her job.

I tried to tell her that if she is going to work in certain places she will have to understand she may be dealing with things that may make her uncomfortable.

She believes her “religious rights” should be respected and protected at all times, no matter where she is working.