One's religious exemption can be harmful to others Re: "Freedom of religion is freedom to say "no" to vaccines," Sept. 19 commentary I strongly disagree with Noah Feldman. Feldman states that "the federal statutes that enable exemptions are not only legally binding, but morally correct." The first, if true, would be fact, but adding "morally correct" as if that is also fact is egregious. That is obviously opinion. My opinion is the opposite. If we had, had a federal mandate for everyone eligible by age and health to get vaccinated as soon as possible, we could have meaningfully limited the pandemic, thus saving thousands and thousands of lives, livelihoods, and businesses and prevented many long-term health problems. I believe the federal government, to serve the greater good, had a compelling interest in doing so. This, I believe, would have been the more morally defensible position. It appears that Feldman has more faith in human conscience than I have. I'm pretty sure that the inquisitors, crusaders, terrorists and assassins have behaved according to the dictates of their consciences. We are frequently reminded that while we have complete freedom of belief, there must be limits on freedom of behavior. If you yell… Read full this story
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