Paramedics Able to Refuse Service Based on Religious Views

Mere hours after passing a controversial bill allowing religious business owners to refuse service to gay patrons due to religious reasons, the first case of “turn away the gay” has been reported to the media.

Bulwaka is a small town of 10,000 that sits near the Appalachian Mountains. Residents describe the town as a quiet place that has never made it into the media and keeps to itself. That all changed last week when media sources were alerted that local flamboyant Kyle Dancer was refused medical care and transportation by TransMed’s Rescue 2, a private company that provides 911 services to the small town. Dancer was reportedly eating a salad at a local restaurant when he began to choke on a piece of tomato. A waiter promptly dialed 911, and Rescue 2 arrived minutes later. When the local medics saw it was Dancer though, they quickly turned and walked out the door, telling the waiter not to call them for Dancer again and stating how new legislature said they don’t have to treat him. Dancer was saved minutes later when he lost consciousness and the waiter managed to remove the tomato slice with a set of chopsticks.

The legislature, SB 9546, is one of many “turn away the gay” bills that has come before vote in the last year, and so far is the only one that has passed. According to its authors, the bill is intended to prevent local business owners and employees from being bullied into having to support gay marriages which will inevitably make their way into the state. While EMS and other public servants were not the intent of the bill, Constitutional Law expert and renowned lawyer Travis Billsburg explains how what the medics did is actually protected by state law.

“You have to look at the wording of the bill. It states that ‘all employees of all privately owned businesses have a First Amendment right to refuse any service that would be in contrast to their religious beliefs.’ Since TransMed is a private company, it opened a loophole that overrides state and local EMS policy requiring that all patients must be transported upon request.”

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