But that case only gave relief to two members of the military and was not a blanket injunction. However, the premise was over the rejection of their religious exemptions that they are required by law to honor unless they can prove very narrow and specific exception. The court did not feel the military had met that threshold in denying their exemptions. This will have to be the legal challenge other members of the military will have to pursue in order to get around this. Unless the case is expanded into a class action, it will not have the reach to include others not a party to the action. Members of the military must file those exemptions and not wait for something else to break. They may be discharged until this is worked out by the courts. But in the end, they should prevail because in prior cases over the religious rights of members of the military, the military has lost. Then they can sue the government for damages. It should not have to be this way, but unfortunately that may be the best we can do right now. The wheels of justice turn painfully slow.

But that case only gave relief to two members of the military and was not a blanket injunction. However, the premise was over the rejection of their religious exemptions that they are required by law to honor unless they can prove very narrow and specific exception. The court did not feel the military had met that threshold in denying their exemptions. This will have to be the legal challenge other members of the military will have to pursue in order to get around this. Unless the case is expanded into a class action, it will not have reach include others not a party to the action. Members of the military must file those exemptions and not wait for something else to break. They may be discharged until this is worked out by the courts. But in the end, they should prevail because in prior cases over the religious rights of members of the military, the military has lost. Then they can sue the government for damages. It should not have to be this way, but unfortunately that may be the best we can do right now. The wheels of justice turn painfully slow.