What a pastor thinks is immaterial. Your religious rights pertain to your personal convictions, not those of any other person. No need for a “permission slip.”
“No need for a “permission slip.”
I agree. The exemption is not for the pastor. In my own case a pragmatic problem arises because my parish or parishes are remote. No local pastor to sign off and the distant ones don’t know me, although I believe I am as sincere as anyone about the fetal cell line involvement and the moral implications thereof.
Exactly right, This is not a theology test.
If one were Catholic, it does not matter if the Pope likes the vaccine. A good Catholic can oppose the vaccine for his or her own reasons of faith. As can a Lutheran, Baptist, or anyone else. It’s about a “personal, sincerely held belief”, if I remember the law correctly. No one else need weigh in on what you believe.