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Norrrm

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5. If they allowed the shots to be voluntary to honor religious freedom to refuse the shots, then

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 04:23 PM

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by their own standards, Hegseth and Trump are denying religious freedom by making the shots mandatory again.

They set this up as a freedom of religion issue (and any other freedom of choice issue) by making it voluntary.

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