Scientologist Pharmacists, Unite!

Bush and Friends (TM) is once again trying to make it acceptable for pharmacists to "object" (read: not do their jobs) to dispensing birth control and emergency contraception to women.

Let's not mince words: this is stupid and immoral. The vast majority of American women want (and exercise) the right to birth control, and pharmacists do not (IMHO) have the right to interfere in any decisions between doctors and patients of either gender. It is their job to dispense medications correctly, not make judgments or diagnoses. If they can't do that, they should find another job.

But if this passes, it raises a serious question. Can a Scientologist pharmacist who does not believe in chemical treatments for depression and other mental illnesses refuse to dispense Prozac?

Unfortunately, conservative Christian backers of these kinds of things often don't think through these kinds of legal consequences. Laws, after all, apply to everyone, not just (one definition of) the Chosen Few.