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joe gomes's avatar

Aloha, Irunthis1! Can you share the name of your company? I’m an attorney representing employees fired for requesting a religious accommodation from the Covid vax. Generally the employer denied the accommodation on the basis of a purported undue hardship, that being the unvaxed were an alleged threat to others. But being able to tell the court that many companies- including those providing healthcare - granted accommodations can help to beat that dubious defense (indeed, even the CDC granted hundreds of accommodations and did not fire any of its employees who requested accommodations). If you’re comfortable doing so (I would not use your name, just the name of the company) feel free to email me at joegomesesq@gmail.com. Thank you in advance!

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Andrea Leshok's avatar

My husband was granted a religious exemption from the City of Milwaukee. Very grateful to Jeff to this day for helping lay out the format for us on this blog.

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Patty's avatar

Consider using Conscientious Objector instead of Religious reasons. It indicates a thoughtful, rational decision to decline the vaccine. It would benefit those who don't have a religious belief.

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Irunthis1's avatar

I went with religious because of the stronger laws on the books in my state with regards to exemptions. I wanted to do a medical but so many doctors were just playing along and screwing it up for everyone who had legitimate medical concerns--e.g. telling people who clearly had a severe adverse event to get another dose or telling people with anaphylactic reactions they had to get one anyway---completely insane advice. So religious made more sense.

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Patty's avatar

Curious which religion provides that exemption.

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Irunthis1's avatar

Well I’m catholic but there is plenty of doctrine out there that one can be a conscientious objector of something the church says is okay. Here is an example from a catholic organization of such a statement:

https://www.ncbcenter.org/ncbc-news/vaccineletter

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Patty's avatar

Thank you. I appreciate the link.

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