It hasnt been used for travel since Sept ...
keeping the pandemic in check by vaccination.
vaccine has prevented needless deaths.
the opponents are politically charged.
Such balanced reporting.
All for something that is 99.9% survivable.
Nothing but complete and utter B.S.
It is not about the “virus”...
Just tell them you’re a Muslim and that you’re taking names for your ACLU attorney who’s petitioning to work pro-Bono for street cred. End of story.
How can the government deny a religious exemption? Once the government says a religious accommodation is available, they can’t say “oh, that is not religious enough”. They are specifically forbidden from passing laws respecting an establishment of religion under the 1st Amendment.
Government agencies should not be in the business of judging whose religious convictions are valid enough.
A chaplain is not adequate to determine if someone is making a valid religious exemption or not. It is an individual choice. And for Catholics especially the church is re-enforce that point. About all the chaplain could do would be to confirm that person is a member of a church, therefore eligible to use a religious exemption. How does a chaplain approve a religious exemption for somebody who may not be of the same religion, or a common religion?
Remember when J&J had a CDC approved vaccine?
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
This discusses Republican leverage with respect to military vax mandates:
What a horrific lie for the US Army to make - that there could be a religious exemption. There was none. The people responsible for this lie will burn in Hell.
This is a way to purge Christians.