No, an officer must first protect his dignity, his faith and family first. You cannot force a man to protect people that want to destroy him.
Correctional officers (who are sworn peace officers)face people who ‘want to destroy’ them every shift. No one is forcing them to do the job. If they can’t handle it, they need to find another line of work. Also, an officer’s job is not to protect but to uphold and enforce the law. Period. They are under no legal obligation to protect anyone other than themselves and those in their custody. Any ‘protection’ of the public is a ‘benefit’ of upholding & enforcing.
>>No, an officer must first protect his dignity, his faith and family first.
No one was making him put on leather chaps and march in the parade.
>>You cannot force a man to protect people that want to destroy him.
Cops do that in the ‘hood every day. The gang-bangers literally want to kill him. I doubt the gays want to harm him. Now if he was a firefighter, then most of the gays might have some other ideas.
Faith and family for sure, dignity doesn’t really play into it for me. He’s right though, God will judge him, not man.
I think it’s as another poster said, and the chief knew he would be opposed to this and tried to force him into it.