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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit - Fuck Your Conscience; Do Your Job [View all]The Wizard
(12,545 posts)are licensed and regulated by the State and as such required to carry out orders considered legal and regulated by the State.
When the State fails to hold accountable those it licenses and someone is damaged by the licensee's failure to act because the State allows for exemptions based on belief and not empirical information, the the State is therefore held responsible for damages.
If the State abdicates its responsibility to apply its laws and regulations in deference to an imaginary sky hero, then the State forgoes its governance and ability to enforce the law, and as such subject to legal sanctions at a higher level such as the Federal Courts.
When State Treasuries get depleted to satisfy the whims and superstitions of a select few then the State will adjust its policies.