No one disputes that there are circumstances in which people have a fundamental right to assert a moral or religious objection to performing duties -- such as military service -- and thus cannot be pressed by law into performing them. The problem lies in sorting out who can opt out and when. -
Wal-Mart And the Death Penalty
No one disputes that there are circumstances in which people have a fundamental right to assert a moral or religious objection to performing duties -- such as military service -- and thus cannot be pressed by law into performing them. The problem lies in sorting out who can opt out and when.-
By Dahlia Lithwick