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Norrrm

(6,103 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 12:53 PM 22 hrs ago

Trump/Hegseth deny religious freedom to our troops... and verify that vaccines work.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143684687#
Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak

If they allowed the shots to be voluntary to honor religious freedom to refuse the shots, then by their own standards, Hegseth and Trump are denying religious freedom by making the shots mandatory again.
They set this up as a 'legitimate' freedom of religion issue (and any other freedom of choice issue) by making it voluntary.

By making it voluntary and then mandatory, they just proved vaccines do indeed work.
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Trump/Hegseth deny religious freedom to our troops... and verify that vaccines work. (Original Post) Norrrm 22 hrs ago OP
You can't bully a virus. It's a public health issue, not personal decision. Walleye 21 hrs ago #1
I agree. It should be mandatory. They made it a 'legitimate' issue of religious freedom. Norrrm 19 hrs ago #2

Norrrm

(6,103 posts)
2. I agree. It should be mandatory. They made it a 'legitimate' issue of religious freedom.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:37 PM
19 hrs ago

By their own standards, they are denying freedom of religion to our troops.

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