Medicine: AMA supports NYMC's ban of LGBTPM group

The president of the AMA has come out in support of the New York Medical College and their decision to ban the LGBTPM group (original post). If that wasn't disappointing enough, he went so far as to compare this group's ban to BYU's decision to ban Coca-cola on campus:

The president of the American Medical Association this week defended a decision by New York Medical College to ban a gay students group from campus, calling it a decision by a private institution to uphold its standards and likening it to Brigham Young University's decisions to ban Coca-Cola from campus and to suspendfour athletes accused of raping a 17-year-old girl.

It may just be me, but the decision to drink a soda is somewhat trivial in comparison to one's sexuality and the support the LGBT community needs from health care professionals. Hopefully AMSA will reiterate it's disappointment with NYMC's decision. We can't let both nation-wide medical associations abandon patients' rights.