Let me begin by confessing that my personal opposition to the American military operations in North and S.outh Vietnam derives from a broader commitment to religious pacifism. I regard the acts being performed by our government and its forces as a direct violation of the letter and the spirit of the Christian revelation. To the extent that they are conducted “in my name,” so to speak, without affording me or the others who share my convictions some effective and still legal way to dissociate myself from this immorality, my rights as a citizen to live according to my religious beliefs are also being violated.