Bad. Here's why;
And significantly, he ruled a class action for any Marine affirmed by a chaplain as having a sincere religious objection who filed for an exemption on time and was denied.
Figure it out yourself :) I'll edit with why soonish.
Why? Because granting the soldiers class status means one lawsuit instead of many thousands? Sure, it would be funny watching the JAG office running all over the place trying individual cases but as a class action the whole thing can be appealed all the way up to the Supreme Court.
Because it sets precedent that one must prove with a government clergyman that they have a faith... a sincere religious objection.
I figured that one out myself it just didn't seem that consequential to me, Christians won't say that other Christians aren't Christian.
Besides, that was the policy previously and the judge didn't amend the Marine policy he just ruled that they have to follow the law.
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