Judge grants temporary injunction of COVID vax mandate for Airmen seeking religious exemption

Just The News ^ | July 14 | By Natalia Mittelstadt

[RandFan]

A District Court judge in Ohio granted a temporary injunction Thursday on the Air Force's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all of the branch's members requesting a religious exemption.

U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland, of the Southern District of Ohio, granted the 14-day injunction in the case of Doster v. Kendall, giving the government seven days to respond and explain "why this Court should not grant a class-wide preliminary injunction," according to the court order.

The injunction applies to the entire Air Force and Space Force, including the Air Force Reserve, which submitted a Religious Accommodation Request. No punishment, discipline, or adverse action may be taken against the military members under the injunction.

"This is a huge victory for many of my Air Force clients. Another federal judge has found that 'The facts show Defendants have engaged in a pattern of denying religious accommodation requests,' " said R. Davis Younts, a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserves and a Judge Advocate General's Corps lawyer privately representing several military members seeking the exemptions.

[rktman]

I understand it’s the military and it ain’t a democracy. Still, why isn’t “I care to not participate in using experimental drugs.” good enough? Not your body, not your choice? Besides, who knows what they jabbed in me back in late summer of ‘67 at NTC Great Lakes? 💉😯

[TribalPrincess2U]

If ‘you have your mask on’ then that makes me ‘protected’, right?
So I won’t wear one. :-)

[Harpotoo]

Looks like the pedoprezzy needs pilots is all!

[Tennessee Nana]

temporary

Oh yeah but for how long ???

[taxcontrol]

The order for vaccination sites one specific vaccine. That vaccine is not in production by Pfizer. Further, when there is one approved vaccine, all other EUAs are, by law, revoked.

So it is not possible for any military member to comply.