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Sim's avatar

Am I the only one with a morning routine of:

β€’ Brew coffee

β€’ Let the dog out

β€’ Make breakfast for kiddo & hubby

β€’ Grab cup of Java

β€’ BEST PART……Wait for it…..

β€’ SIT on couch & enjoy C & C …Ahhhhhhh β€οΈπŸ‘

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Jennifer's avatar

I thought your post a few weeks ago about how to respond to those religious forms was extremely informative and a great guide. In the end, however, my husband truly felt that the questions on the form were too intrusive (for example, because yes we do abstain from other products that would shut out the opportunity for God to create life but no, we don't feel it's appropriate to share that with an employer). So he instead responded to the form with some strongly worded, "This is not your business." "It is inappropriate for you to ask these questions." etc. Shockingly, his employer has not let him know if his exemption has been accepted, lol.

I've never seen my very calm husband so upset by something. He feels these questions on the form are religious discrimination. Let me give an example to illustrate why I believe he may be right. Let's say that a gender-confused person submitted a medical exemption for the vaccine along the lines of being immunocompromised due to the huge cocktail of hormone inducing and hormone inhibiting drugs they're on, and possibly recent surgery to create or eliminate a body part. The employer then, hypothetically, would ask,

1. How long have you believed you're a woman instead of a man and how long have you been on these hormones?

2. What other medicines or products have you not used since allegedly becoming a member of the opposite sex? When was the last time you bought female products such as tampons?

3. Did you use any male products as a child? If so, can you justify your use of these products being that you now believe you're a woman?

4. How would taking this vaccine prohibit your practice of your current alleged gender? Please provide specific examples.

The employee would cry out LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION so fast it would make your head spin, right? An employer would never dare ask those questions of a person's deeply held gender identity, of course. So, how is it not religious discrimination to ask these questions of my husband whose deeply held identity is found in his Catholic faith?

Anyway, just some genuine questions. My husband's extremely sincere and authentic and consistent and unwavering in his faith beliefs and I fully support his opinion that this form he was asked to complete is a form of religious discrimination.

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