You
know, it’s bad enough when Christian bakery owners won’t make a cake
for a gay wedding, but I didn’t realize some Christian doctors were
also incapable of caring for children of same-sex couples:
Last September when the expectant mothers [Krista and Jami Contreras] first met Dr. Vesna Roi at Eastlake Pediatrics in Roseville [Michigan]. She was recommended by their midwife.…The Contrerasas were told to make an appointment with Roi once Bay arrived. The baby was born at home and when she was six days old — they went in.But instead of seeing Dr. Roi, another doctor greeted them.“The first thing Dr. Karam said was ‘I’ll be your doctor, I’ll be seeing you today because Dr. Roi decided this morning that she prayed on it and she won’t be able to care for Bay,” Jami said.“Dr. Karam told us she didn’t even come to the office that morning because she didn’t want to see us.”
Four
months later, after word of the rejection spread online, the couple
received a letter from Dr. Roi. She apologized for not meeting them in
person that day, but didn’t apologize for not treating their child,
writing, “I felt that i would not be able to develop the personal
patient-doctor relationships that I normally do with my patients.”
Because when you talk to gay people, you have to speak a different language?
As
it stands, in Michigan, there are no anti-discrimination laws
protecting LGBT individuals. So Dr. Roi can continue dismissing children
whose parents’ sexual orientation she disapproves of…
Makes
you wonder what she learned in school: Do no harm… unless a baby has
lesbian parents, in which case it’ll just have to fend for itself.
Read more: http://www.patheos.com/
Read more: http://www.patheos.com/
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