The Pope Just Handed Kim Davis A Huge Win

[Warren Stupidity]

150. "conscientious objectors" is a completely false framing.

Lets review what a conscientious objector is and why conscientious objector status existed.

1. we had compulsory military service.
2. there existed people who had profound and sincerely held ethical objections to participation in the military as a combatant.

To resolve the conflict between compulsory military service and profound ethical objections to a combatant role in military service we created a category of conscientious objector. People who qualified for conscientious objector status were still required to serve in various ways (depending on the era, WWI, WWII, post-WWII) but were not required to perform combat roles.

Now lets review Kim Davis. She volunteered for her government job. She is under no compulsion to serve. There is no impediment to her simply resigning her position. She is not a conscientious objector, and framing her self imposed martyrdom as a conscientious objector issue is total horseshit.

Another example of a similar "conscientious objector":


Lestor Maddox. Determined to not serve african americans in his store.