A lot of people find it difficult to put aside cherished beliefs to assist someone in need. When they take the so called moral high ground, there is little anyone can do to change their minds. I'm seeing more and more of this in our own counties politics. My own beliefs are based on three very basic principles. Honor, courage and truth. It's an old faith going back to Greek times. Guided by those principles, I've always sought to help folks as much as I can. Most folks are being guided by christian principles, but have put their own twist on it, depending on which particular brand of christian faith they follow. There is some faiths that say a women has to carry a rape baby, no matter what, because it would be a sin to abort the embryo. I personally do not subscribe to this kind of thinking. I've seen too many lives destroyed by it.

And then to have some pharmacy tech decide to take some moral stance. Sheesh! Let HIM be on the receiving end of a rape, and then have to carry that baby. I think his moral stance would change very quickly indeed.

D2003