Marine seeking discharge sent to Iraq

[oberliner]

PHILADLPHIA - A Marine from New Jersey was deployed to
Iraq this month despite being recommended for a military discharge by a hearing officer who agreed that he should receive conscientious objector status.

Marine Lance Cpl. John Rogowskyj Jr., of Pennsauken, is one of a handful of conscientious objectors trying to get out of the military. He has taken his case to federal court in Washington, where he is pressing for an immediate separation.

"I believe that God has given man free will," he said in legal documents. "By surrendering my will to the military, I realize that I have willfully propagated violence."

Rogowskyj, now 22, joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 2002. He was ordered to active duty the next year and submitted a request for a conscientious objector discharge this year. He described himself as a religious humanist who does not belong to any organized religion.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_re_us/conscientious_objector

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. a religious humanist who does not belong to any organized religion

IOW, he's fucked.