zipper wrote: “And it’s not “can be forced” in the military, it’s WILL be forced, with extremely few exemptions (none for religious reasons, a handful of medical exemptions, even for those with documented doctor recommendations).”
Have you seen the threads recommending certain doctors as willing to write excuses for people they’ve never seen?
As for religious reasons, some here remind me of Gomer Pyle running around yelling citizens arrest. They seem to think that simply asking for a religious exemption should be sufficient regardless of sincerity.
Yes, for nearly any illness doctors are conducting visits over Zoom, Facetime, etc. For all types of illnesses, especially now during the covid epidemic in which people are discouraged or banned from in-person visits. It's a common protocol. The fact doctors are consulting patients online has no discernible correlation to the validity of medical advice.
As for religious reasons, some here remind me of Gomer Pyle running around yelling citizens arrest. They seem to think that simply asking for a religious exemption should be sufficient regardless of sincerity.
Clearly you stereotype people of faith as being insincere. Who made you G-d, granting you license to judgementally determine someone's "sincerity"?
“They seem to think that simply asking for a religious exemption should be sufficient regardless of sincerity.”
There should be no opt-out reason for religious exemption. There should be no opt-out reason except: I’M A FREE PERSON AND I F**KING DON’T WANT IT! “