The American Medical Association (AMA) has lately been showing a progressive direction. We first started noticing it when the group openly expressed support for the House's efforts for Health Insurance Reform that passed last Saturday.
Then on Tuesday the group made two new bold stands. One calling for the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) in the military, also stating "A law which makes people lie to their physicians is a bad law," , and that "Same-sex families lack other benefits afforded married couples, including tax breaks, spouse benefits under retirement plans and Social Security survivor benefits – all of which can put their health at risk", in reference to the harmful Defence Of Marriage Act (DOMA)
In another statement that was presented by AMA was a reversal on their position on Medical Marijuana stating "Our American Medical Association (AMA) urges that marijuana's status as a federal Schedule I controlled substance be reviewed with the goal of facilitating the conduct of clinical research and development of cannabinoid-based medicines,"
For some reason this reminds us of a statement we caught while eating out, and that was "Marijuana use will be legal and taxed before gays and lesbians are allowed to marry". As much as we thought this sounded reasonable, this new stance by the AMA makes us wonder if parts of our nation are becoming ready to live a little more progressively and maybe both are not too far off.
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