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While a few employees might be entitled to religious exemptions from their employers vaccine policies, most of the real-life religious objections Ive seen fall short of the standard. Therefore, we can claim and live in all the promises of the Bible which he, by the power of the Holy Spirit, inspired men to write (II Timothy 3:16,17). Like Bert, Im not ever going to be the first on my block to run out and get something. He blogs as the Eccentric Fundamentalist. Yes, some Catholics might believe the COVID-19 pandemic evil enough and the participation remote enough to justify the shot. Understand this: A belief that something is a matter of conscience or personal choiceeven if that belief is religiously informedisnt itself a sufficient basis for a religious exemption. People look for us to be models of . Seems kind of funny to me now like people are catching on fire all the time. I have family members in that camp. Theyre either not religious or not sincerely held. Treating religious exemptions like a wildcard to be played whenever we dont like the rules cheapens the concept and encourages backlash. If the Holy Spirit cannot dwell in a body that has been contaminated by chemicals or debilitated by injury (let alone in a body injected with a safe and effective vaccine), then countless people who have fallen victim to natural or manmade disasters would be bereft of the presence of God. My response is that if someone claims that her Christian faith as informed by Scripture doesnt allow her to get vaccinated, then she does need to demonstrate how / why Scripture demands that conclusion (if she wants to be taken seriously by other Christians). It is free for your use with no guarantees that it will do anything for you other than successfully line your hamster's cage. Evans said the threshold for religious exemptions comes down to proving whether the person attempting to obtain one has sincerely held beliefs against getting vaccinated on religious grounds. The idea that she apparently didnt consult her faith community about the veracity of her religious objection is completely off base. But while this objection is coherent and religious, its usually deployed too selectively to qualify as sincerely held. Your personal religious convictions do not sit under the judgment of others. It has become common for Christians to claim that being forced to take the COVID-19 vaccine is a violation of their religious convictions because their body is a temple, and they are commanded to keep it pure. If they are illegal, they evaded Customs and Border Agents, entered the country through an illegal passageway (tunnel, desert, swam.). Treating religious exemptions like a wildcard to be played whenever we dont like the rules cheapens the concept and encourages backlash. What were doing (using we loosely here) is increasing our rapidly secularizing societys aversion to Christianity even as we win court battles here and there. According to research by Vanderbilt University, the Dutch Reformed, the Christian Scientists and a few lesser-known faith-healing groups are the only churches operating in the United States that have . The tendency to lie to advance an agenda is not something Pence needed to learn from Trump. Thus, a strong religious exemption would be based on recognized scriptural precept or a particular church or traditions confession or teaching. Some of us definitely are making a calculation as to risk/reward. I want to ask you to re-ask that same question againdoes this distant abortion connection really outrage you, or is it just a get out of jail free card youre willing to use? Many Christians are justifiably concerned about government overreach. I had to do a lot of reading to understand mRNA and I still think I barely understand it. In other words, the justices had elevated religion above just about every other right, including free speech and racial equality, according to a report out today by Columbia Law Schools Law, Rights and Religion Project. Could there be a point that vaccines are a gift of God? He is warning them about the effect of their own divisive actions on the community. 1 Ruth Graham, Vaccine Resisters Seek Religious Exemptions. I agree. I am pro-drugs, and worked in the pharma industry for nearly 20 years. Dr. William Tseng from Kaiser Permanente in San Diego said there are legitimate medical reasons for skipping the vaccine. The Senate Judiciary Committee will meet Tuesday to discuss a joint resolution to finally affirm the amendment. Yet asserting flimsy demands for religious vaccine exemptions will have the opposite effect. So if we are going to talk about being careful with sources and data, then lets begin by being careful with sources and data. With this article, I will try to write a template for a Religious Exemption Letter, hoping it could be useful. Those statements were made by people (Jesus, Paul) who spoke and/or wrote under infallible and inerrant direction and filling of the Spirit. The entire family is now vaccinated against the coronavirus, but they worry that Jonah wont be fully protected until everyone around him gets vaccinated as well. More, 901 Commerce Street, Suite 550 It is worth repeating that there is no reason to think that receiving a COVID-19 vaccine involves bodily sacrifice. Its about the bigger picture that has been talked about all through COVID. This includes objections that invoke religious beliefs in general terms, but upon further scrutiny, appeal to other factors. Vaccines to me are unclean. Second, a misunderstanding of religious liberty and religious conscience exemptions. She just cant pull the God told me card or defend her position by twisting Scripture. That was no attack on you. It means that a simple data point was overlooked, surely not intentionally, but even unintentionally it left an impression that isnt true. The protests in Venezuela show a broad movement of people who are reaching the end of their tether amid inequality. He doubts they will break new legal ground, however. While not So, you and your family are going to risk unnecessary hospitalization and death because Juan Pablo crossed the border without getting a vaccine? Vaccine mandates have arrived, and so have questions about religious exemptions. But producing high-quality, independent work is not cost-free we rely heavily on your support. There are also a lot of Bible verses exhorting believers to "do not fear," "do not be afraid." That's been a really common theme in objections to a lot of the pandemic restrictions. Maybe so. Im happy to see how things play out first (and yes, time figures into my risk calculation aswell). As Christians, we have a vested interest in ensuring that it is not. One organization, called Health Freedom Idaho, published a sample exemption letter on its website that used this objection and cited these passages. Religious entities have, the report concludes, won the right to exercise discrimination on steroids., Freed from the baggage of the culture war, conservative Christian groups managed to achieve unprecedented legal wins in the COVID cases without triggering a dramatic backlash, the authors of the report write. 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Third if the immigrant has entered the US, has lawful entry, and has been processed appropriately with the correct visa status and has a right to work in the US, then they will fall under the OSHA guidelines that are being developed and will be vaccinated in accordance to those guidelines just as with every other worker at thatcompany. I know that people are concerned about what they put into the body. James describes such wisdom as first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy (James 3:17). There are legitimate religious exemptions. one person sharpens another. This seems another fundamental misunderstanding of the religious exemption (in all cases, not just this one). At the same time, if our theological beliefs are sacred, then we should be unwilling to let people twist them for political or legal purposes. In this type of situation, they would claim the requirements violate their religious beliefs and seek formal religious exemptions. That content has meaning that can be known and understood in community with the brotherhood of faith in your local congregation, and in consultation with the Great Tradition of brothers and sisters who have gonebefore. They, by nature and theology, belong to the individual. Since then, the Christian right has been trying to do away with Smith in order to win ever-broader exemptions from laws that apply to everyone else. The goal is not to vaccinate illegal immigrants, it is to remove them from the country. Plenty of biblical precedent for making those remarks. Im only arguing Christians shouldnt demand religious exemptions if they choose not to be vaccinated. I know that isnt popular, even in the church, but its nonethelesstrue. Also, whataboutism continues with arguments like, more people would get the vaccine if Biden didnt let thousands of unvaccinated migrants enter the country. The Christian right filed a barrage of cases. The government policing people's religion raises a number of thorny issues. This letter manages to encapsulate peak narcissism with its interpretivemethod: It is against my faith and my conscience to commit sin. The Liberty Counsel is a Christian legal ministry. I can't even think about it.". Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. . 8 Liberty Counsel, Sample Exemption p.1. You should then print the exemption form to complete the required information and to sign the form. On a Friday evening in April, the Supreme Court quietly issued a short decision that opened the floodgates for religious entities to claim an exemption from just about any law. Kirschner and others have concerns that people may try to misuse religious exemptions to avoid employer and government vaccine mandates, exposing loved ones to the virus. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me. I care deeply about religious liberty. The real problem is that when Christians present contrived demands for religious exemptions, they risk jeopardizing the whole undertaking. It read, inpart: Accordingly I believe, pursuant to my Christian faith, that my body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Moses grew and was educated as a noble among Egyptians (1022). I also think that many people would be surprised at the how rapid the placebo affect is getting better. I am one of the. If claims like the latter were adequate for religious exemptions, people could excuse themselves from nearly any rulesomething no one thinks is sustainable. As Jesus explains, "it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth." He goes on to explain that "out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. The personal convictions carried by people who attend Awaken church are very real,. Still, some Christians find this horrifying. Christian notions of purity are not about food laws and physical cleanliness, but about the heart. Second if the immigrant has entered the US, has lawful entry, but does not have a right to work yet as they are waiting for their immigration status to be updated, than they along with every other US citizen who is not employed are not required to be vaccinated. "Our religion is predicated on the protection and preservation of health. Nashville, Tennessee 37203 Whatever reasons a person may have for refusing vaccination, it is important to resist the temptation to endow those reasons with religious significance merely as a strategy for securing exemption from an employer mandate. And in Washington state, some 3,800 state workers are have requested religious exemptions to Gov. We were . Were proud to publish real news 365 days of the year, completely free of charge to our readers. It is worth stating unambiguously that there is no evidence that any of these things are true of the available COVID vaccines, beyond some extremely rare and typically mild side-effects. So we all know that the focus among Christian right law firms has been on culture war issues making sure that marriage equality, LGBTQ anti-discrimination laws, reproductive health laws, dont apply to conservative Christians. After all, natural illness is one of the main causes of impurity in Leviticus. Fax: (202) 547-8165, there is little to no evidence that they do. 16. Rather, the drivers for evangelical resistance are nonreligious and are rooted in deep-seated suspicion of government and vulnerability tomisinformation. Some may, for example, express concerns about infertility, or the lack of longitudinal studies, or that their employer has simply violated their rights. The abortion connection has the most merit, but I again caution believers to avoid misusing Gods name and violating the ThirdCommandment. Seemingly disparate anti-LGBTQ, anti-choice bills can all be traced to a handbook produced by theocrats. https://www.frc.org/updatearticle/20210916/vaccine-mandate, Of course, the great irony, Brnovich pointed out, is that even if Biden had that authority, its a violation of the equal protection clause, because hes not forcing illegal immigrants to get vaccinated. "A religious, moral or other exemption of conscience should be ascertained not by documents, but by a simple conversation seeking only to establish that the individual has a sincerely held, reasonable belief that . Some people have a deeply held belief that Arbys makes good roast beef sandwiches. There are also those who are highly educated who refuse to get vaccinated. This is associated with what God calls sorcery and divination. God didnt just order us to subdue the earth. Their conscience may still bind them because it is true that no man knows for sure if HEK293 involved an immoral abortion, and we would be wrong to try to convince them otherwise. The vaccine effort has been plagued by falsehoods of all kinds. Now it is most abominably scandalous and shameful that that body, which is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, which is sacred to him as a temple, should be defiled by the sin of fornication: it isadded. If we take Pauls words seriously, our main concern shouldnt be the physical purity of our own bodies, but the purity of our witness to the world around us. Injecting something intramuscularly is significant safer than ingesting a medicine. The Bible teaches us that the body is created in the image of God 1 4 , the temple of the Holy Spirit 1 5 , a living sacrifice to the Lord. In fact, the 22% refusal rate was among the highest of any demographic group the foundation measured. 3 in 5 white evangelicals believe that the election was stolen, despite absolutely no proof of it. KCRA News reports that after Sunday services last week, there were long lines of people waiting to pick up exemption letters from Destiny Christian Church in Rocklin, led . I still can't bring myself to think that there is a religious reason you wouldn't get vaccinated or even consider the possibility of getting vaccinated," Kirschner said. In Washington the process to receive a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine is determined by the individual human resources department of the agency, school district or health care facility. Trump could potentially face charges in multiple investigations at the state and federal levels. Why not? Some vaccines were developed using fetal cell lines from aborted fetuses, she wrote, citing a remote connection to a practice she finds abhorrent. She and her family continue to wear masks, isolate and plan to get a booster shot when available. It is a God-given responsibility and requirement for me to protect the physical integrity of my Body against unclean food and injections.[3]. Likewise, putting out a fire on ones body is obviously helpful to ones temple. Injecting something into your body that you dont fully understand is a different case. One little-noticed Supreme Court ruling upended decades of precedent. One way we do this is when we invoke God as an authority to justify something we want to do. Unless you're a member of a Dutch Reformed church or a Christian Science church, making a claim for a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine as a Christian is going to be hard to prove.. There is a scriptural case to be made for not taking this vaccine. If I were to go against the moving of the Holy Spirit, I would be sinning and jeopardizing my relationship with God and violating my conscience.[4]. But others will not, and their prudential judgement still follows the religious teaching of the Catholic Faith. "There's several different religious beliefs and doctrines associated with evangelicals, especially the belief in inerrancy of scripture, which is the belief that the bible is the literal word of God," Campbell explained. What matters for such a request is whether a worker's belief is religious, not whether it deviates from their church's doctrine or makes logical sense to their employer, attorneys said. The biggest class of drugs that are an exemplar of this is the CNS class (or Central Nervous System). A sign of common grace? 4 Liberty Counsel, Sample Religious Exemption Requests For COVID Shot Mandates, 26 July 2021, p. 3. https://lc.org/Site%20Images/Resources/Memo-SampleCOVID-ReligiousExemptionRequests-07262021.pdf. (it seems like) there is a risk/reward calculation that causes them to skipit. A group called One Washington is holding seminars around the state to instruct people on how to ask for a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine. AR-15-style weapons have been used in some of the deadliest shootings in modern U.S. history. Spreading the Word of God: A Guide for Religious Exemption to Immunization with Biblical Scripture Reference Paperback - January 14, 2020 by Tiffany A T Guay (Author) 4.6 out of 5 stars 33 ratings So chemically we know that it impacts these levels in a lab. It might not be convincing to you or me and we can certainly have that discussion. Sin isnt concrete anymore, itssubjective. Are your objections really grounded in the scripture, or are they a prop for some very non-religiousreasons? They do not contain any tissue from a fetus. If it seems far-fetched to think a religious entity would claim an exemption from a law that has nothing to do with religious beliefs, remember that religious corporations and institutions have, in recent years, won broad new powers to do everything from underfund their employee pension plans, to refuse to recognize adjunct faculty unions. Perhaps most chillingly, at a time when Roe v. Wade and a host of other important rights are on the chopping block, the case shows how the Supreme Court can upend decades of precedent with relatively little outcry. Religious Exemptions and the COVID Vaccine, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/11/us/covid-vaccine-religion-exemption.html?smid=url-share, http://ladoj.ag.state.la.us/Article/10941, https://healthfreedomidaho.org/sample-letter-for-religious-vaccine-exemption/, https://lc.org/Site%20Images/Resources/Memo-SampleCOVID-ReligiousExemptionRequests-07262021.pdf, A violation of the equal protection clause, https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-08-10/white-evang, https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-evangelicals-resist-covid-19-vaccine, Some vaccines are no longer connected to aborted fetalcells, The cells used today are in some cases 15,000 generations away from the aborted cellsthemselves, Practically every major anti-abortion groups have not raised concerns with the current vaccines and all provide recommendations to take thevaccine, I religiously object to stop, drop, and roll because falling on the ground harms my body and my body is a temple of the HolySpirit, I religiously object to wearing a seatbelt because the belt chafes my skin and my body is a temple of the HolySpirit. Bishop Paprocki also notes that Catholics in other states still need to check on their specific rules for vaccine exemptions. Its like mowing over the dandelions in your grass instead of digging them up at the roots. The Bible calls the human body "a temple of the Holy Spirit." The New Testament makes multiple references likening the human body to a temple. Appealing to a religious accommodation that is not sincerely held and uniformly applied dilutes legal options to appeal to when religious liberty is genuinely threatened in the future. by John Brummett | September 15, 2021 at 3:17 a.m. Fair enoughwell get there. Aaron, I am generally pro-vax but I dont think these comparisons work. Even with all your knowledge about medicine, you are conveniently glossing over the fact that while the types of vaccines being used for Covid may have had 20 years of testing, the Covid vaccine definitely has not. Its in thebible! 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