Department of Defense from punishing a group of Navy SEALs and other special forces members who refused COVID-19 vaccines on religious grounds.
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, acting in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of 35 special forces service members, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Navy and Defense Department from enforcing the mandate. O'Connor, who was appointed to the federal bench in Texas by President George W. Bush, said the Navy had not granted a single religious exemption to the vaccine rule.
“The Navy servicemembers in this case seek to vindicate the very freedoms they have sacrificed so much to protect. The COVID-19 pandemic provides the government no license to abrogate those freedoms,” the judge wrote in a 26-page decision.First Liberty Institute, a legal organization dedicated to defending U.S. religious freedoms which represented the plaintiff service members, hailed the ruling as a victory.
“Forcing a service member to choose between their faith and serving their country is abhorrent to the Constitution and America’s values,” said Mike Berry, the institute’s general counsel, said in a written statement.The ruling marks the latest salvo in a string of legal fights over Covid-19 vaccine mandates ordered by President Joe Biden that have proven deeply controversial among conservatives.
So they want to kill off their fellow soldiers along with themselves & anybody else that makes contact with them! It’s hard to believe so many people in this country are so gullible. The politicizing of the deadly pandemic has deadly consequences!
Slippery slope. If you can refuse a vaccine because it might cause you harm or its your body-- Can't you refuse to go to war for the same reason?
Name a valid religious objection to the vaccine. I’ll wait…
morgfair So, a US judge says it is okay for those in the armed forces to disobey orders they don't like. WTF has happened to our country and our military? Throw the bums out. Take away their rank and benefits. They do not deserve to wear the uniforms.
What in their religion doesn't allow vaccines? Where were their objections when they received all the other mandatory vaccines? Showing no religious exemptions being granted is proof of fairness, not discrimination. GOPDeathCult
What about other different vaccine shots they have to get? Can they evade those too?
Then they must be checked every day. I wonder what Washington would have said if this happened during our Revolution?
And what are those 'religious reasons' exactly. I bet they get drunk, indulge in free sex, steal, cast aspersions about others, ... , without the slightest compunction based on their religious beliefs.
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Jesus would be proud. Oh, wait, SevenDeadlySins biblical hypocrisy
And pray tell what religion will that be? Because Last I checked no religion has anything saying you cnanot be vaccinated, if there Christian then they might wanna look up roamns 13:1
Speaking of religious grounds......
Using religion as a scapegoat. Next will be, can't defend the US Constitution because it's against someone's religion.
I know because of the government and the Mafia I I'm treated cold
They worship at the altar of Trump, who had 3 rounds of the vaccine while encouraging them not to in the past 😂
What religion says ok to unilaterally invade countries and make random killings at will but in no circumstances protect yourself and others from mass killing virus? Just asking
Court erred bigly - they are making up religious principles that don’t exist. NO recognized major religion in the USA is against Covid vaccines. That’s like saying “I refuse to eat apples because it goes against my religion...” when NO religion forbids the eating of apples...
What’s the point of this enormously expensive military anyway. Shut it down & reallocate funding to education, health, youth programs. Mothball that ridiculous kit.
God knows.
Okay. If they can't follow a direct order than billet them back to the 'regular navy,' sea duty.
Is digging graves against their religion? If not, they'll be of service somewhere they're needed.
These fucking judges should have no jurisdiction on Army rules. You serve or get out. Simple.
Didn't read, but I'm ridding with the soldiers, they protect and defend with skin in this game. Get off em'.
Well so now the army don’t even have to listen wow
And all of these guys are most probably vaccinated against polio
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