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MineralMan

(151,359 posts) Fri Sep 10, 2021, 10:28 AM Sep 2021

Religious exemptions from vaccination? [View all]

So, if you believe some supernatural crap, it's OK if you spread a pandemic virus? I don't think so.

Religion is a choice people make. Nobody is born with a requirement to worship a deity or any number of deities. It's not an inborn condition. People choose the religion they follow at some point. The default is non-belief. Religion is a choice.

So, if your workplace requires vaccination, and it should, you are also free to choose not to work there. Exercise your "freedom of choice" and just quit if you refuse vaccination. You chose religion. Now, you can choose unemployment if you think your religion frees you from the responsibility of not infecting those around you.

Choose. Act on your choice. Maybe you can find some solo career that doesn't require human contact. I don't care. Your religion has no relevance to my life.

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Religious exemptions from vaccination? [View all] MineralMan Sep 2021 OP

LET THEM DIE... that's how I feel at this point... secondwind Sep 2021 #1

When it comes to willfully ignorant MAGAts FoxNewsSucks Sep 2021 #2

Sad to say, I feel the same. Not proud of it, but there you go. Dream Girl Sep 2021 #7

Well, I wouldn't go that far. MineralMan Sep 2021 #3

When I first started posting here Just_Vote_Dem Sep 2021 #11

I'm with you StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #17

Yes-doing the right thing takes time Just_Vote_Dem Sep 2021 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Nov 2021 #73

Yes. It's a paradox that I deplore, frankly. MineralMan Sep 2021 #18

Me too. n/t Just_Vote_Dem Sep 2021 #20

I think you are wrong Bob_in_VA Sep 2021 #52

if they could do so without sucking up resources such as hospital beds rurallib Sep 2021 #13

Here we go again. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #4

It's the word establishment that so many misunderstand dickthegrouch Sep 2021 #23

No. The establishment clause means that the government cannot establish an official mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #31

It means that too dickthegrouch Sep 2021 #35

You are mistaken. Ms. Toad Sep 2021 #49

Re-read some Shakespeare or Milton. dickthegrouch Sep 2021 #63

Depends on the religious exemption FBaggins Sep 2021 #5

Religious beliefs don't depend on belonging to a denomination StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #19

No proof is required Bluesaph Sep 2021 #25

Yes - you're right StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #28

I'm guessing you were never involved in establishing conscientious objection to the draft - Ms. Toad Sep 2021 #53

That was a long time ago Bluesaph Sep 2021 #69

The law has not significantly changed. n/t Ms. Toad Sep 2021 #71

Sure sure... whatever FBaggins Sep 2021 #27

Please see Bluesaph's response above StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #30

I don't think that an articulability expectation would run afoul of existing precedent FBaggins Sep 2021 #37

The fact that a court doesn't understand belief StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #40

I see what you're saying FBaggins Sep 2021 #43

The centrality for some is the use of tissue from aborted fetuses Ms. Toad Sep 2021 #58

There is no basis in the Jewish or Christian faiths for religious exemption LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #66

That doesn't matter FBaggins Sep 2021 #67

I think about the Wiccan Rede, "An it harm none, do as thou wilt." Exactly the niyad Sep 2021 #6

Blessed Be. MineralMan Sep 2021 #10

I go by the rule of three. Texaswitchy Sep 2021 #68

I would like to know how many of these "religious exemption" folk have gotten other vaccines. CrispyQ Sep 2021 #8

I read some time ago that only 30% of Americans have passports. luvtheGWN Sep 2021 #46

It's not the nature of religious beliefs. It's the separation between church and state. Beastly Boy Sep 2021 #9

One is free to believe and worship as one pleases. MineralMan Sep 2021 #14

+1000 Your right to practice your religion ends where it affects my safety. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #26

That's why employers are required to only go so far to accommodate the belief StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #32

The vaccine exemption doesn't quite fit in the concept of "harming others" Beastly Boy Sep 2021 #34

I've got a guy coming in to my clinic today who wants a vaccine exemption. Aristus Sep 2021 #12

I have a friend that just received a liver transplant and shouldn't have any vaccinations MichMan Sep 2021 #55

Religious exemptions aren't unlimited StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #15

The OSHA regulation, when it is issued, wil not require the employer to mandate vaccination. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #22

True - but an employer still has the right to require vaccinations as a condition of employment StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #24

Places such as hospitals don't have to Bluesaph Sep 2021 #33

Hospitals are still required to attempt to make reasonable accommodations StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #36

That was my point Bluesaph Sep 2021 #42

Post deleted - duplicate posted twice StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #38

Hell no. Owl Sep 2021 #16

most religious exemptions invlve holiday observances, dress, diet ... DBoon Sep 2021 #29

I am all for protecting people from religious discrimination MissMillie Sep 2021 #39

THANK YOU!!! Mad_Machine76 Sep 2021 #41

It falls under the "too dumb to keep myself breathing" exemption. milestogo Sep 2021 #44

I agree pandr32 Sep 2021 #45

Maybe a rel exemption from quarantine for someone with a contagious disease attending their services keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #47

There's this little thing called the First Amendment Ms. Toad Sep 2021 #48

Any exemptions should require testing paid for by the individual. Jon King Sep 2021 #50

Is the employer permitted to charge an "administrative fee" ? MichMan Sep 2021 #57

The Atlanta Catholic Bishop has ordered priests to............ UGADawg Sep 2021 #51

OOH, while we're at it, I need a religious exemption to allow Grown2Hate Sep 2021 #54

New York no longer has a religious exemption, but people who took it would have to stay home if liberal_mama Sep 2021 #56

My ex switched the reason for being anti-vac from ... CozyMystery Sep 2021 #59

Religious exemption is pretty much a cop out ... SarcasticSatyr Sep 2021 #60

The Amish fescuerescue Sep 2021 #72

Yep! Plenty of people are self-employed too. LiberalFighter Sep 2021 #61

There are a lot of things in the Bible and other religions LiberalFighter Sep 2021 #62

There is biblical precedent for wearing a mask to protect others...and isolation/quarantine. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #64

I completely agree with you! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2021 #65

I think many employers would grant requested exemptions without question. David__77 Sep 2021 #70