Texas Judge Says HIV Drug Mandate Violates Religious Freedom
BloombergIt's not practical for a civilized country to function properly if individuals acquire a legal right to discriminate, even if premised on their own religious freedom.
The Liberty right is a reciprocal right. Neither party's Liberty right is absolute.
Logic as well as pragmatism necessitates that while we must protect the individual from both lone criminals, and society, that we must also not commit the reciprocal excess, and allow an individual to impose on society.
The word "utilitarian" does not appear in the United States Constitution. Yet the U.S. has unmistakable utilitarian roots.
If the appeals of this ruling do not distinguish between a citizen's private right to practice their own religion in their own way privately, and a meddlesome citizen imposing the practice of his religion on others, then the injustice and impracticality of this Texas judge's ruling may become enshrined in U.S. law for the foreseeable future.