Standing on principle and Refusing to compromise ones principles for money, i.e. job, status, life style etc. is what's been lacking in all of this.
Forcing the military to go by it's own rules would have been my position, (I know because I served). Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, all adhere to the same Uniform Code of Military Justic…
Standing on principle and Refusing to compromise ones principles for money, i.e. job, status, life style etc. is what's been lacking in all of this.
Forcing the military to go by it's own rules would have been my position, (I know because I served). Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, all adhere to the same Uniform Code of Military Justice. ALL are instructed, implicitly NOT to follow ILLEGAL orders. And you have a duty to report illegal orders to higher command. Ordering a service member to to take an "experimental" drug is ILLEGAL, IMORAL and violates the Nuremberg Code. One doesn't and shouldn't need to claim any special religious exemption. IMHO claiming an exemption for any particular mandate affirms the states authority to mandate. It's everyone's HUMAN RIGHT to decide what medical treatment they accept or not. Period.
No one, but everyone has their own unique situation to deal with and has to make their own choice. I am not going to judge those that were coerced, I will judge that brought us to this place we are all in.
Standing on principle and Refusing to compromise ones principles for money, i.e. job, status, life style etc. is what's been lacking in all of this.
Forcing the military to go by it's own rules would have been my position, (I know because I served). Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, all adhere to the same Uniform Code of Military Justice. ALL are instructed, implicitly NOT to follow ILLEGAL orders. And you have a duty to report illegal orders to higher command. Ordering a service member to to take an "experimental" drug is ILLEGAL, IMORAL and violates the Nuremberg Code. One doesn't and shouldn't need to claim any special religious exemption. IMHO claiming an exemption for any particular mandate affirms the states authority to mandate. It's everyone's HUMAN RIGHT to decide what medical treatment they accept or not. Period.
Nancy Reagan got it right, "JUST SAY NO".
All easier said than done.
Who said life was easy?
No one, but everyone has their own unique situation to deal with and has to make their own choice. I am not going to judge those that were coerced, I will judge that brought us to this place we are all in.
Well said, Steve!