With Election Day looming, some religious leaders in Massachusetts have urged their congregations to vote against a controversial ballot question to allow doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to certain terminally ill patients.
“I do believe that the major streams of Jewish thought would line up in agreement to the opposition of [Question] 2,” said Rabbi David J. Meyer of Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead, a Reform Jewish temple.
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HHKitchener2 said it best! I can only add that we show the same amount of compassion to our suffering fellow citizens that we do to our pets. Death with dignity as the last best choice should be available to all.
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Let's remember: religion is an industry. Industries generate money. None of them want fewer pockets to pick.