Doctors Win Lesbian Insemination Case (religion)

...it never ends, does it?

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A state appellate court ruled that two fertility doctors had the right to refuse to artificially inseminate a lesbian on the grounds that it would have violated their religious beliefs.

The 4th District Court of Appeals ruling Friday reversed a lower court decision that had said Dr. Christine Brody and Dr. Douglas Fenton could not use religion as a defense against a lawsuit filed by Guadalupe Benitez.

Instead, the panel found that the doctors were within their rights because they based their decision on Benitez's unmarried status and that discrimination based on marital status is not prohibited by California law.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/thrive/2005/dec/03/120303026.html

god i hope benitez takes this to appeals.

and should also serve notice that California needs to pass a law prohibiting discrimination based on marital status. We all know that isn't the REAL reason why these doctors denied their services - and I can't imagine that they haven't done something for any single or divorced woman before.