Posted on 10/08/2021 9:17:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sixteen unvaccinated athletes won another round in their legal battle to play sports, despite Western Michigan University’s mandate that all of its inter-collegiate athletes get the COVID-19 vaccination shot.
In a unanimous published decision issued Oct. 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio, held that the university violated the athletes’ First Amendment rights.
All 16 athletes had filed for religious exemptions, which, according to the court, the university “ignored or denied.”
The court stated: “The university put plaintiffs to the choice: Get vaccinated, or stop fully participating in intercollegiate sports. By conditioning the privilege of playing sports on plaintiffs’ willingness to abandon their sincere religious beliefs, the university burdened their free exercise rights.”
The three-judge panel denied a request by the university to stay a lower court’s preliminary injunction that stopped it from enforcing the vaccination mandate.
The mandate would have barred the athletes from playing in games, or even practicing with their teams, unless they were immunized against the CCP virus (Chinese Communist Party virus, a.k.a. COVID-19).
Attorney David Kallman, senior counsel with the Great Lakes Justice Center, who represents the athletes, told the Epoch Times: “It’s a great win for our clients and for religious liberty.”
According to Kallman the court’s decision is now a “binding precedent” in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
In a press release, Kallman wrote: “The Sixth Circuit Court vindicated their (his clients) religious convictions and that they can continue to be part of their teams.
“We trust all parties can move forward in a spirit of cooperation to uphold the important constitutional issues at stake, as well as taking appropriate measures to ensure the safety of everyone at WMU.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
I don’t care about being “Fully” vaxxed.
I want to be Fully Protected.
At the moment that only comes from survival after real COVID.
RE: At the moment that only comes from survival after real COVID.
Better hope that you’re in the 99.7% if (God forbid) you get infected with Covid.
“Better hope that you’re in the 99.7% if (God forbid) you get infected with Covid.”
That is apparently The State of the [Medical] Art.
Do the statistics improve with MCAs? Early Ivermectin? Other treatments?
It’s a start but there is still a long way to go. The issues of it being experimental (as far as what’s available), medical exceptions, and natural immunity have yet to be adjudicated.
AND WHERE THE HELL IS NOVAVAX???
praise the Lord and pass the ivermectin
If you’re not fat, diabetic, asthmatic, etc., the survival rate is more like 99.97%. If you are, go ahead and wear a mask, get a “vaccine”, hell, wear a hazmat suit if you want, but leave me the hell alone.
Depends on age
LOL...Amen!
[[Better hope that you’re in the 99.7% if (God forbid) you get infected with Covid.]]
The odds of adverse reactions from Tylenol are much greater-
big pharma deeply saddened
:-/
I find that a 264 ft. Social Distancing works great.
“AND WHERE THE HELL IS NOVAVAX???”
Yes, it seems this non-mRNA vaccine is on the sloooooooooooow-track to EUA submission and approval, despite superior results and few related deaths.
Meanwhile the mRNA jab flourishes, rewards Wall Street, and kills the old, the weak and everyone in-between......
Novavax is seeking Q4 EUA per their web site.
Faster please......
Sanity. It’s a good thing.
Makes just as much sense as the insane justifications offered up for vaccine mandates.
Been trying to get it for a while now… I hate to be feverish in the winter. But it’s better than professing a belief that the vax is my saviour. Full multi antigenic immunity.. that is immunology 101.
I haven’t worn a mask outside side May 2020.. been attending church in person since That same time… sitting closely with others etc. God knows I will whine and fuss if I get chills.
I’m working on that immune boost right now. Hopefully, I can find my horse paste today.
What about this country? Novavax has been delayed here
This is a huge win. Unfortunately, we are not talking about the victory, we’re talking about how to battle Covid. SMFH
In which other 3 states does this ruling apply?
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