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**haittiweerved** · 12-08-2011, 03:13 AM

As I mentioned before...you reply that "there is no right to serve" is crap, IMO. No one is saying there is a constitutional right to serve.

They are saying it's a "constitutional right" to not be arbitrarily discriminated against...in the service.

As to whether or not the govt's security interest overrides that right is the question....I think they have a good case.

i.e. If Michele Bachman wins the election and issues an Executive Order that says "since this is Christian nation, that only Christians may serve in the military"...has she violated anyone's rights? Would you say, "since there is no right to serve, she is free, as President, to do this"?

Okay but whether or not what was publicly used as the excuse to keep women and blacks segregated, the underlying reason was because of race and gender. So wasn't that discrimination? But it happened for how many years? When I read the article my "understanding" of the constitutional right was different than yours. Technically she would be free to do it but no one would let that happen (if only one religion was allowed to serve although it seems people want that to happen).

Discrimination has occurred in the military since it started - so for them to try to use that now IMO seems to be the wrong way to go. That is just MY opinion. Take it how you want.

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haittiweerved Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 340 Senior Member	As I mentioned before...you reply that "there is no right to serve" is crap, IMO. No one is saying there is a constitutional right to serve. They are saying it's a "constitutional right" to not be arbitrarily discriminated against...in the service. As to whether or not the govt's security interest overrides that right is the question....I think they have a good case. i.e. If Michele Bachman wins the election and issues an Executive Order that says "since this is Christian nation, that only Christians may serve in the military"...has she violated anyone's rights? Would you say, "since there is no right to serve, she is free, as President, to do this"? Okay but whether or not what was publicly used as the excuse to keep women and blacks segregated, the underlying reason was because of race and gender. So wasn't that discrimination? But it happened for how many years? When I read the article my "understanding" of the constitutional right was different than yours. Technically she would be free to do it but no one would let that happen (if only one religion was allowed to serve although it seems people want that to happen). Discrimination has occurred in the military since it started - so for them to try to use that now IMO seems to be the wrong way to go. That is just MY opinion. Take it how you want.
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