Posted on 06/30/2022 11:20:58 AM PDT by Coronal
The Supreme Court declined Thursday to take up a legal challenge brought by health care workers in New York who oppose the state’s vaccine mandate on religious grounds.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch said the court should have taken the case.
When the requirement was first imposed last August as a way to help prevent the spread of the latest Covid variant, it allowed exceptions based on medical reasons or religious objections. But the religious exemption was later removed.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is Roman Catholic, said she was not aware of any “sanctioned religious objection from any organized religion” and that religious leaders including the Pope were encouraging people to get vaccinated.
Sixteen health care workers sued, saying they had religious objections because fetal cell lines were involved in the testing, development, or production of Covid vaccines. They said the mandate violated their religious freedom because it allowed others who were unvaccinated to continue working.
But lawyers for the state said the Covid mandate was similar to longstanding rules requiring health care workers to be vaccinated against measles and rubella. Those requirements, too, allow exemptions only for medical reasons. Laboratory-grown stem cells, which derive from cells collected from a fetus nearly 50 years ago, were also used for testing the rubella vaccine, the state said.
“The presence of a single, limited medical exemption to a vaccine requirement does not require the State to provide a blanket religious exemption from vaccination,” they said in their written submissions.
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Will leftists celebrate Alito and Thomas upholding with their beloved corporate Fauci clot-shots??
‘Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is Roman Catholic, said she was not aware of any “sanctioned religious objection from any organized religion”...’
Conscience rights aren’t contingent on the pronouncements of organized religions, or any religion at all. If I have a strong personal moral objection to something, that alone is enough.
Did you read the piece? Alito and Thomas said the case should have been taken up.
Alito and Thomas voted to hear the case (so we can presume they might have ruled against it).
It’s Roberts, Kavanaugh, and the Hypenated One who sided with the libs.
“Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is Roman Catholic,”
She’s a Catholic alright. She’ll be judged as a Catholic, having had the sacraments and being fully aware of her position in defying them as in pushing abortion stating publicly that it is within the teachings of the church to defy the tenets of the church
Given that the vax doesn’t do a thing to stop infection or transmission these mandates are insane power plays.
Kavanaugh is a disaster. I am sick of people praising Mitch for these judges.
“Kavanaugh is a disaster.”
Yes, BUT he did give us the win on Roe, CCW, and prayer on the field. I’ll take it.
The fact that the Catholic church has been going along with this is a testament as to how evil they have become.
He is 85% on our side. Kite Jane Brown will be 0% on our side.
He could have picked a better nominee.
Never invite the man into your life.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is Roman Catholic, said she was not aware of any “sanctioned religious objection from any organized religion” and that religious leaders including the Pope were encouraging people to get vaccinated.
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I didn’t know the State only recognized certain organized religions. I thought religion was personal.
In my state, the Governator has had fired (could not accommodate) everyone with an religious or medical exemption.
And still he refuses to give up his Extraordinary Emergency Powers cause he wants to bring back the Masks
but he personally violated quarantine laws and was proven to spread an invasive species that could have destroyed much of an agricultural money crop.
I hope the exodus from New York continues. The good people need to leave, and let the filth take over so the world can see what a mess degenerate people can make of things.
True, but it may not be that easy to find someone who would be greater than 90-95%, even in a conservative factory like FedSoc. Not able to ID, not able to vet, etc.
It may be a bad win. Biden said today he wants to use filibuster to have Congress write law for abortions. If they do- you know the abortion will be legal up to and including full term. Makes me sick. SC said Congress could legalize abortion.
Disgusting!
Mark Levin said he isn’t good last week. He isn’t good 85% of the time.
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