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Military personnel in active duty may or may not be allowed an exemption depending on permission granted by the Commanding Officer. (Read the story of one US Coast Guard officer who fought and won.) However, military dependents are allowed religious exemptions. Click here to access the Military Dependent Children Vaccine waiver form.

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State law matters: Employees will have much recourse if they live in a state like Florida, rather than New York, Oregon, or California. Fourteen Republican governors have said they will push back against Biden’s vaccine edict. Meanwhile, Montana law actually prohibits proof of coronavirus vaccination as a condition of employment. How will that work for huge companies like Amazon or Walmart?


MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS
If you have a contraindication to the coronavirus vaccine or are seeking a medical exemption based on previous infection and thus natural immunity to the coronavirus, the easiest way to file a medical exemption is by getting a trusted doctor to write one for you. If you need help finding a doctor, you can consult with a Physician via America’s Frontline Doctors here.
Pregnant women, those with allergies to vaccine ingredients, people who went into anaphylactic shock or had a similar adverse reaction after their first coronavirus vaccine dose are also likely to seek medical exemptions.

RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS
Many Christians oppose the taking of vaccines that were tested on or contain body parts of aborted babies(a full chart showing which vaccines in use in the U.S. – and not just those for COVID-19 – were created unethically and which were created ethically can be accessed HERE). Others oppose vaccination for other reasons.
As numerous Catholic bishops have explained, the moral teaching of the Catholic Church holds that “a person may be required to refuse a medical intervention, including a vaccination, if his or her conscience comes to this judgment.”
Recent docuмents and statements from the Vatican, the Pontifical Academy for Life, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and modern catechetical teachings note that although the Church allows Catholics to take abortion-tainted vaccines or medicines if no other options are available and the intent is to preserve life, vaccination itself must be voluntary.
Catholics opposed to taking the coronavirus vaccine needn’t necessarily submit a Catholic-specific letter but can use a more general Christian letter that does not contradict Catholic teaching. Given the divide amongst U.S. bishops and in the hierarchy in general about the vaccine, this may be wise.
Liberty Council has a sample letter for Christians who do not want to take the coronavirus vaccines for religious reasons.

“In order for an employee or student to prevail under a claim for a religious exemption, whether based on pro-life or other religious beliefs, religious beliefs must be sincerely held, and the requested accommodation must be ‘reasonable,’ and not constitute an undue hardship on the employer or institution,” Liberty Council explains. “The manner in which the employer or institution continued its operations in 2020, prior to the availability of the COVID shots, establishes a baseline of treatment of employees or students that is not an ‘undue hardship.’ It will NEVER be an ‘undue hardship’ for the entity to allow the employee or student to continue doing what was considered ‘safe and effective’ or ‘mitigating’ in the absence of the vaccine.”
The eminent legal group continues, “However, such treatment may become discriminatory, if novel or additional restrictions or requirements are applied to the person who should otherwise be exempt. If the COVID shots work, those people who have received them are protected, and it is not an undue hardship for individuals who have religious objections to not receive such shots.”
Liberty Council also provides a sample “pastor verification letter.” Such a letter “is beneficial to proving the sincerity of the belief, but is not legally required. It is nonetheless very helpful in substantiating a claim that one’s belief is religious in nature, and that it is sincere.”
Liberty Council urges people not to copy the text of their sample letters verbatim but let them serve as a “guide only.”
Liberty Council has a simple process on their website that anyone seeking a religious exemption can follow:

• Watch Vaccine Exemption Guide Video with Mat Staver
• Fill out our legal help form
• Ask employer for a religious exemption – Sample Letters

• Employment Sample
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• Orthodox Old Testament and New Testament Exegesis
• Russian Orthodox
• Student Sample

• Pastoral sample
• Protestant sample
• Catholic sample 1
• Catholic sample 24. Questioning Religious Beliefs is Unlawful– Memo
  5. Request DENIED?
  6. Know your rights (read our legal memo)
  7. See more information on COVID and the COVID shots (especially see the sections on Adverse Reactions and Personal Stories)

• A general request for a religious accommodation based on Christianity.
• A request for an accommodation focused on the teachings of the Catholic Church, which includes an accompanying essay by Father Kevin Flannery, S.J., “Avoiding Illicit Involvement with Evil.”
• A request for an accommodation focused on the teachings of Islam provided to us by Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, Associate Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College.
• A military exemption request for religious accommodation form. (LifeSiteNews is not aware of any military-specific sample religious exemption letters other than this one.)

Shockingly, 26 states are now planning on a lawsuit against the Biden mandates ... including Ohio's DeWine, who has been rabidly pro-jab the entire time.

https://twitter.com/HarmlessYardDog/status/1436421560076804119

This statement from DeWine came as a major shock:
Might just be because DeWine is attempting to win re-election coming up in 2022.  He's likely telling Biden through back channels that it's just public posturing as a re-election ploy.