Brad Sallows
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"Obedience to lawful orders is essential to maintaining necessary discipline in the military. Here, however, there was no clearly military purpose," the court ruled.
Doesn't that conclusion worry anyone? Is that all it takes to disobey a command: that it have no "clearly military purpose"? I suppose I should try to find and read the entire judgement in case that quotation is far out of the context lane.
Removal of headdress is a ceremonial aspect of "drill & ceremonial". The removal of headdress was incidental; why was the case not brought forward on the grounds of being forced to participate in a prayer ceremonial? Apparently it is no imposition upon his belief system to be present on parade during an officially sanctioned prayer, but the removal of headdress is a grave insult. My contempt is unbounded.
Doesn't that conclusion worry anyone? Is that all it takes to disobey a command: that it have no "clearly military purpose"? I suppose I should try to find and read the entire judgement in case that quotation is far out of the context lane.
Removal of headdress is a ceremonial aspect of "drill & ceremonial". The removal of headdress was incidental; why was the case not brought forward on the grounds of being forced to participate in a prayer ceremonial? Apparently it is no imposition upon his belief system to be present on parade during an officially sanctioned prayer, but the removal of headdress is a grave insult. My contempt is unbounded.