Just as long as it's a choice. Period.
You do, but you gotta fill out an onerous legal affadavit requesting permission from the state government to grant you "conscientious objector" status.
Perry placed the burden of getting an exemption entirely on the parent. It should be the other way around.
Also I'm generally against anything that creates government databases other than crime records, voter registration, and driver's licenses. A state controlled "conscientious objector" list is never a good thing.
Nope, because there have already been instances mentioned in the thread that show opting out doesn't always work. And besides, why should I have to go to teh time and trouble to opt out of something that shouldn't be mandatory anyway.