I’ve written about the theocrats and their skirmish in our pharmacies, where pharmacists are refusing suddenly to fill scripts fro things like birth control pills to unmarried women, etc.

The new item excerpted below is 2 weeks old - I heard of the story but just now saw the news item.

I’ll ask again: Will those crusading pharmacists be refusing to fill Viagra scripts for unmarried men? AND How will the crusaders verify marital status?

AND What warnings will be posted outside the building, so the general public knows that they entering a less-than-full-service pharmacy?

The public must be warned of course, otherwise crusading pharmacists are deceiving the public into thinking that the pharmacy is full service.

The main reason I get POd about stories like this is that the pharmacists seem to be rogue religious crusaders, imposing their religion on unsuspecting customers who are inconvenienced and insulted.

If I see a religious symbol on the outside sign of a pharmacy, I think I can expect a certain kind of experience inside, and so I can go somewhere else if I choose. But if you lure me on on false pretenses of being a full service retail pharmacy, I’m gonna get real upset when I learn the truth about you.

This kinda reminds me of my military days, when I was young recruit newly out of boot camp, and was on liberty in Chicago with buddies. After a night of drinking and stuff, we got hungry and entered a little restaurant that “welcomed” the military. We sat down in the intimate little quiet place, and then the truth came out - Turned out the “restaurant” was really a church of some sort. A couple of evangelicals scooted onto the ends of the booth, and made us sit through their religious lectures. We got out of there pretty fast, and didn’t eat anything. I was 18, and too polite to cuss them out.

CNN.com - Illinois governor: No delays in birth control� prescriptions - Apr 1, 2005: “U.S.
Illinois governor: No delays in birth control prescriptions

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — Gov. Rod Blagojevich approved an emergency rule Friday requiring pharmacies to fill birth control prescriptions quickly after a Chicago pharmacist refused to fill an order because of moral opposition to the drug.

The emergency rule takes effect immediately for 150 days while the administration seeks a permanent rule.

‘Our regulation says that if a woman goes to a pharmacy with a prescription for birth control, the pharmacy or the pharmacist is not allowed to discriminate or to choose who he sells it to,’ Blagojevich said. ‘No delays. No hassles. No lectures.’”