From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2004 #189 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Saturday, April 24 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 189 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- drs. have permission to not treat gays. njc ["patrick leader" ] RE: voting in the us (NJC) ["patrick leader" ] I lost my cat tonight njc [RoseMJoy@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:47:11 -0400 From: "patrick leader" Subject: drs. have permission to not treat gays. njc dear bree, is this a good enough reason to hate the republican party? http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/04/042204MichMed.htm Michigan Preparing To Let Doctors Refuse To Treat Gays Posted: April 21, 2004 8:14 p.m. ET (Lansing, Michigan) Doctors or other health care providers could not be disciplined or sued if they refuse to treat gay patients under legislation passed Wednesday by the Michigan House. The bill allows health care workers to refuse service to anyone on moral, ethical or religious grounds. The Republican dominated House passed the measure as dozens of Catholics looked on from the gallery. The Michigan Catholic Conference, which pushed for the bills, hosted a legislative day for Catholics on Wednesday at the state Capitol. The bills now go the Senate, which also is controlled by Republicans. The Conscientious Objector Policy Act would allow health care providers to assert their objection within 24 hours of when they receive notice of a patient or procedure with which they don't agree. However, it would prohibit emergency treatment to be refused. Three other three bills that could affect LGBT health care were also passed by the House Wednesday which would exempt a health insurer or health facility from providing or covering a health care procedure that violated ethical, moral or religious principles reflected in their bylaws or mission statement. Opponents of the bills said they're worried they would allow providers to refuse service for any reason. For example, they said an emergency medical technicians could refuse to answer a call from the residence of gay couple because they don't approve of homosexuality. Rep. Chris Kolb (D-Ann Arbor) the first openly gay legislator in Michigan, pointed out that while the legislation prohibits racial discrimination by health care providers, it doesn't ban discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation. "Are you telling me that a health care provider can deny me medical treatment because of my sexual orientation? I hope not," he said. "I think it's a terrible slippery slope upon which we embark," said Rep. Jack Minore (D-Flint) before voting against the bill. Paul A. Long, vice president for public policy for the Michigan Catholic Conference, said the bills promote the constitutional right to religious freedom. "Individual and institutional health care providers can and should maintain their mission and their services without compromising faith-based teaching," he said in a written statement. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:58:03 -0500 (CDT) From: BCM HUMAN RESOURCES Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2004 #188 This user is no longer with Baylor College of Medicine. Thanks, Baylor College of Medicine ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:57:16 -0400 From: "patrick leader" Subject: RE: voting in the us (NJC) i sent the independent article below to kate a while back, about the danger our democracy faces from the vendors of electronic voting machines. it's very scary. there's some moderately good news in california, though. nothing definite, but the beginnings of a backlash. the federal bill to require a paper trail, sponsored by rush holt, d-nj, is of course locked up in committee. why oh why does the republican party hate voters? http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20040422-1251-ca-electronicvotin g.html patrick >-----Original Message----- >From: patrick leader [mailto:pleader@nyc.rr.com] >Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:18 AM >To: Kate Bennett; joni@smoe.org >Subject: voting in the us now, wasRE: felon voting rights (NJC) > > >kate, and anyone who cares about the future of democracy, please >read this article. it'll send chills up your spine. if you want >more, google 'diebold'. > >http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=452972 > >patrick, very scared for our future. > >np - silence > >"the child is so sweet, and the girls are so rapturous. >isn't it lovely how artists can capture us?" > >'children and art', from sondheim's 'sunday in the park with george' > >The idea that Jeb Bush and >>Katherine Harris and republican operatives deliberatly engineered >the whole >>thing to block democrat votes doesn't hold water logically. How >could they >>know months in advance that the election >>would be that close and that Florida would be pivotal in the >>electoral vote< >> > >why would you, (kakki) assume that florida is the only state whose >vote the republicans tried to subvert? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:28:43 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: I lost my cat tonight njc He was an 18 year old black Persian male. I came home from work tonight and I thought he was asleep, but soon I knew something was terribly wrong. He was the best companion no other cat will ever replace him. R.I.P. Mr. Peepers ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2004 #189 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)