Opinion

The Right to Religious Exemption to Vaccination Upheld in Court, according to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

Despite concerns about COVID vaccines, vaccine mandates are increasing in hospitals, schools, military service, and even ordinary employment, writes Andrew Schlafly in the spring issue of the Journal ...
West Virginia MetroNews

State health agency could have sought more detail for religious exemptions but did not

West Virginia public health officials acknowledge that families seeking religious exemptions to school vaccination policies do not have to elaborate on their beliefs. All that families seeking such ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Kanawha County judge dismisses case to block Morrisey’s religious vaccine exemption order

ACLU of West Virginia Legal Director Aubrey Sparks, left, argues against a motion to dismiss a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the ACLU-WV and Mountain State Justice before 8th Judicial Circuit Court ...

UNC Health Rex to implement new policy, pay $150K to settle COVID-19 vaccine discrimination lawsuit

In 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Rex Healthcare on behalf of an employee fired for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Monday, the commission announced a $150,000 ...

UNC Rex settles with EEOC in COVID-19 religious discrimination lawsuit; will pay $150,000

A federal lawsuit that alleged Rex Healthcare, currently known as UNC Health Rex, discriminated against an employee who asked for a religious exemption for the COVID-19 ...

Connecticut Catholic bishops oppose bill to exempt school vaccines from religious freedom law

"It is an attack on religious freedom," said Chris Healy, executive director of the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs ...
Hosted on MSN

Mass. hospital employee fired for not getting COVID vaccine wins her appeal

A UMass Memorial Health surgical tech fired after she said she “prayed to God and received a message” telling her to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine has won an appeal to continue her religious ...
HR Dive

Jury finds in favor of Chicago transit worker denied COVID-19 vaccine exemption

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires employers to reasonably accommodate a worker’s religious beliefs, unless doing so would cause an undue hardship. The complaint noted that as an ...
Yahoo

Kansas Supreme Court upholds expanded religious exemption for COVID-19 vaccine

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A COVID-19 vaccination booster shot at the clinic in Kansas City, Kansas. (Rich Sugg/[email protected]) A Kansas law that gives ...
The Herald-Sun

NC schools respond to law requiring religious exemptions to classroom activities

The Pavement Education Project displays books it says are not appropriate to be in schools at a news conference at Freedom Park in Raleigh, N.C., on May 15, 2024. The group is now helping parents by ...
JD Supra

U.S. Supreme Court Supports Religious Exemption for Catholic Charities in Wisconsin

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) recently determined that religious discrimination occurs when legal criteria discriminate between religions based on their “theological practices” or “inherently ...