Yes, that’s right. Via New Patriot, Michigan is preparing legislation to allow doctors to refuse to treat gays.

WTF?! When I read a story like this, I am dumbstruck. Livid. Pharmacists refusing to dispense birth control, and state laws being passed to allow that. And now this. Gay marriage is nothing compared to this.

Update: Paul Krugman’s essay in today’s New York Times addresses the effect of religious extremism on medical care.