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- A General Right to Conscientious Exemption
- A General Right to Conscientious Exemption
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in US Law
- 3 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in US Law: Beyond Religious Privilege?
- 4 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in Canadian Law
- 5 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in Canadian Law: Beyond Religious Privilege?
- 6 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in UK Law
- 7 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in UK Law: Beyond Religious Privilege?
- 8 The Liberal Model of Conscientious Exemptions
- 9 Balancing the General Right with Sexual Orientation Discrimination
- 10 Conclusion
- Index
9 - Balancing the General Right with Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2020
- A General Right to Conscientious Exemption
- A General Right to Conscientious Exemption
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in US Law
- 3 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in US Law: Beyond Religious Privilege?
- 4 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in Canadian Law
- 5 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in Canadian Law: Beyond Religious Privilege?
- 6 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in UK Law
- 7 The General Right to Conscientious Exemption in UK Law: Beyond Religious Privilege?
- 8 The Liberal Model of Conscientious Exemptions
- 9 Balancing the General Right with Sexual Orientation Discrimination
- 10 Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The chapter argues that conscientious exemptions should not be granted to providers of commercial goods and services from the prohibition of sexual orientation discrimination on the basis that LGB people would thereby be treated by the law as second-class citizens. The chapter rejects the charge that the right to non-discrimination would consequently be prioritized over general right and that those that oppose homosexuality would be treated as second-class citizens. The majority of the chapter is devoted to showing that several fundamental rights (i.e. non-discrimination, association and expression) prohibit the state from treating those that oppose homosexuality as second-class citizens. Consequently, given the balancing of rights and harms involved, the right to non-discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation will prevail in certain circumstances while the general right to conscientious exemption will prevail in others.
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- A General Right to Conscientious ExemptionBeyond Religious Privilege, pp. 279 - 306Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020