Reply #249: Exactly. And he is not a 'bad person'.

[Mimosa]

Every person should be free to act according to his or her conscience without being put down by others.

That is why some people are conscientious objectors and others are not, for one thing.

And if people here on D.U. claim they respect anybody's rights to conscience or religion, say ISLAM, they should respect this oung man's choice. In Islam or Orthodox Judaism it would equally be wrong for a man to wrestle with a woman.