Category: religious exemption

Pentagon ‘Trampling’ on Freedoms, Say Nearly 600 Service Members Who Refused Vaccine Mandate

A mid-June report is making its way into the hands of U.S. Representatives and Senators. Titled the Congressional Survey of Accountability, Truth, and Freedom (ATAF), nearly 600 service members are making a grassroots effort to fight back against what they allege to be discriminatory treatment they’ve received by the Department of Defense for refusing to…


NY Rejects Parents’ Appeal for Religious Exemption From Schoolchildren Vaccinations

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from parents who sought to challenge New York lawmakers’ decision that eliminated religious exemptions to vaccine requirements for schoolchildren. On Monday, the nation’s high court released an order (pdf) announcing their decision not to hear arguments in the case F.F., as Parent of Y.F. v. New York,…


Supreme Court Rejects NY Parents’ Appeal for Religious Exemption From Schoolchildren Vaccinations

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from parents who sought to challenge New York lawmakers’ decision that eliminated religious exemptions to vaccine requirements for schoolchildren. On Monday, the nation’s high court released an order (pdf) announcing their decision not to hear arguments in the case F.F., as Parent of Y.F. v. New York,…


Air Force Cadets Covid Vaccination Religious Exemption Denied

Commentary About a week ago a United States Air Force Academy cadet was informed by a superior officer that upon returning from the Cadet Wing’s spring break, he would receive an ultimatum: Receive the Department of Defense (DOD) mandatory Covid vaccine or be expelled from the academy upon return. On Tuesday the order became official,…


Navy Refuses to Deploy Warship While Commander Remains Unvaccinated

U.S. Navy officials have said a warship can’t be deployed because its commander has refused the COVID-19 vaccine. The service said an East Coast guided-missile destroyer is “out of commission” after a Florida federal judge ruled that the Navy and Marine Corps cannot remove its officer for being unvaccinated against COVID-19. The warship now remains…


Liberty Counsel Questions Biden Administration’s Use of Database of Religious Exemption Applicants

Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, says that 55 federal departments and agencies now track people who applied for religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Staver questions the reason for creating such a database, saying it’s like a blacklist to purge people of faith. Liberty Counsel is a Christian legal organization fighting for religious…


Hershey Office Workers Face Jab or Job Choice

Office workers at The Hershey Company say that while they must be vaccinated or face job loss, employees working in food production and Chocolate World, the company’s retail outlet stores, do not have a vaccination requirement. The Pennsylvania snack company has continued food production operations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Its retail stores are now fully…


Court Rules 15 NYC Teachers Can Reapply for Vaccine Religious Exemption

Fifteen New York City educators are celebrating a rare victory—a preliminary relief granted by the Second Circuit which will allow their reapplication for a religious exemption for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate. They first asked the district court for emergency relief on Oct. 4, 2021, which was the day that the teachers were going…


Beverly Hills Firefighter Refuses to Comply with Vaccine Mandate for Religious Reasons, Relieved of Duty Without Pay

For 11 years, including during the initial days of the COVID-19 outbreak, Josh Sattley served the community of Beverly Hills as a Firefighter and Paramedic. Now, because he refused to comply with a vaccine mandate for religious reasons, Sattley has been relieved of duty without pay. The Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement Order (pdf) took…


Facts Matter (Nov. 3): Secret Audio Recordings Reveal Lockstep Virus Protocols, Patient Isolation by Hospitals

According to secretly recorded audiotapes of hospital employees in Arizona, it appears to show that hospitals across the entire state are conducting COVID-19 protocols in lockstep with one another—including isolating patients longer than is recommended by the CDC, denying them permission to see either their attorneys or their family members, as well as denying them…