>As a fellow baseball fan only a year younger than me I'm sure you remember Sandy Koufax refusing to pitch a World Series game because it was on Yom Kippur. It was kind of controversial at the time.
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>Recently I posed two scenarios to someone.
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>Scenario 1: A Jewish doctor in an isolated area is the only one who can treat someone gravely wounded. (Yes, I realize this would be extremely rare, if it ever happened at all). The doctor refuses to do so because it occurs on Yom Kippur, and the person dies.
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>Scenario 2: A Christian photographer refuses to provide wedding photography services to a same-gender wedding couple, on the grounds that it violates religious principles.
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>While admitting I'm using a bit of the Socratic method here - in either case, can/should the state intervene and force either person into an action? (or permit the seeking of damages afterwards?)
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No, the state should not intervene. We are on the same page there. But I don't think any reputable doctor needs to be forced into taking care of a critically ill patient. That is what you agree to do.

When my daughters were little we liked to watch two shows together. One was "the funny show" (Seinfeld) and the other was "the doctor show" (ER). I totally pictured Emily growing up to be Dr. Susan. She was indignant when Dr. Susan got on the train. Undoubtedly a contract dispute, but she didn't know that; they were real people to her. Instead of being a doctor she has become an engineering major expecting to make a million bucks. I have respected her judgment since the age of about 6.

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