Do you agree/disagree Jehovahs Witness woman sues state of Kansas?
medical welfare to pay for bloodless care for liver transplant? This is a justification of the JW I disagree with completely. Suing is wrong unless you have been wronged terribly. This woman is asking welfare to go above and beyond for her alone. Any JW will tell you they try to be good neighbors. This is putting a money burden on tax payers and that is just with the lawsuit alone and not even if it does get paid for. I wonder how many people could get medical care with what she is getting from welfare medical benefits. This is a prime example of a JW bending the rules for themselves. She can move to another state or even Canada rather than cost Kansas the money she has. She probably gets more Kansas welfare than what other states would offer. or else she does not want to be inconvienced by moving.
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/04/20/2815490/appeals-court-hears-case-of-jehovahs.html
TOPEKA | A Kansas appeals court poked and prodded Wednesday, but kept returning to the same question.
What compelling reason did Kansas have for refusing to pay for a woman’s request — based on her religious faith — to undergo a bloodless liver transplant that could be done only outside the state?
The answer could decide whether 64-year-old Mary Stinemetz, a Jehovah’s Witness from Hill City, Kan., can replace her failing liver that has left her near death after 20 years of illness.
“Don’t you have some type of compelling state interest to deny this, and what is that compelling interest?” Judge Stephen D. Hill asked the state’s lawyer, Brian Vazquez.
Hill’s comments came during a nearly hourlong session of the Kansas Court of Appeals, which generally allots about 30 minutes to hearings.
Stinemetz contends the state is violating her religious freedom under the U.S. Constitution and the Kansas Bill of Rights, which guarantee the right to worship “according to the dictates of conscience.”
The state is willing to allow Stinemetz to get a liver transplant, paid for by Medicaid, at the University of Kansas Hospital. But she would have to compromise her Jehovah’s Witness principles, because she would receive a blood transfusion, which she believes violates God’s law.
Stinemetz could undergo bloodless transplant surgery in Omaha, Neb., but Kansas is refusing to pay for the out-of-state procedure when a transplant is readily available at KU.
Stinemetz’s case rests partly on U.S. Supreme Court precedent from 1963, which holds the government needs a compelling state interest to justify infringing on someone’s right to freely exercise religion.
Vazquez acknowledged there was little, if anything, in the court record to show a compelling state interest. However, he contended that a 1990 Supreme Court decision from Oregon eliminated the need to show a compelling interest.
In that case, the court ruled that government could adopt laws that might burden someone’s religion as long as the law was neutral and didn’t target a specific religious faith.
The court is expected to issue a ruling later
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@Paint a Picture-Welfare is in fact probably better than my private insurance which I pay a lot of money for and then pay more for taxes so she can get an operation that will save her life. There are so many people in between who will die b/c they have neither option and this woman is costing Kansas more by filing lawsuits for a bogus scripture interpretation. I am always curious why the JW’s do not comment when its a story about one of their own abusing the tax system. Why isn’t her brothers and sisters from Kingdom Hall assisting her with money? Because people like us will continue to pay taxes and do the christian thing of helping those less fortunate.
Medical Welfare and do the clean hard working diligent members of the Watch Tower Groups called Kingdom Halls have any sort of benefits or donations or drives to help one of their own?
I think not.
The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society only lines it’s own coffers and throws needy members on to the public system they refuse to show any social obligation toward.
The Watch Tower calls all governments under the influence of Satan and the Demons and yet the members sure do enjoy the benefits of being an American Citizen
The Watch Tower Demonizes all government whether this is the US government or not and the members can not salute the flag show support to any cause but the cause of The Watch Tower which is to buy and pass out literature and recruit new members who will also support the mega-corporation of the realty and publishing group called the Watch Tower.
Though
members can take all the money and benefits that are offered.
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(A Watch Tower twist Jehovah’s Witnesses do not know)
(The Watch Tower recently booted out long time workers that earn 14 dollars a month stipend or the equivalent and paid no taxes – some who never held a job and do not qualify for any government benefits. 55 – 60 – 65 years old – no working history – 0 taxes paid in their life and out on their backsides.)
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The Watch Tower again teaches their followers they may have no social obligation to the body whole of the people of the United States such as military or alternative service.but will sue at the drop of a dime to get benefits from the same government.
At what point do responsible citizens say enough to the Watch Tower and its drones?
I doubt Jehovah’s Witnesses taxes in a three state area are enough to pay for one operation like this – Jehovah’s Witnesses are the lowest educated and have lowest income of all major religions.
And yes 7 million members and associates of the Watch Tower make the Watch Tower one of the major religions yet it exerts to the degree it may absolute control over it followers.
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