religious exemption
Mississippi, under judge’s order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations
By Emily Wagster Pettus — July 17, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — His ruling came in a lawsuit filed last year by several parents who said their religious beliefs have led them to keep their children unvaccinated and out of Mississippi schools.
Federal court dismisses LGBTQ students’ class-action discrimination lawsuit
By Kathryn Post and Bob Smietana — January 13, 2023
(RNS) — The lawsuit claimed that the US Department of Education failed to protect LGBTQ+ students at religious schools from discrimination.
Let’s treat religious liberty like conscientious objection
By Mark Silk — December 21, 2021
(RNS) — Here's a modest proposal for improving current free-exercise jurisprudence.
Court temporarily blocks San Diego schools’ vaccine mandate after suit filed by 16-year-old
By Alejandra Molina — November 29, 2021
(RNS) — The Ninth District Court of Appeals on Sunday (Nov. 28) temporarily blocked San Diego Unified School District’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate from taking effect, one day before students were required to have their first dose.
Kansas financially protecting workers who refuse COVID shots
By John Hanna — November 23, 2021
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday brushed aside complaints from fellow Democrats about signing a Republican measure aimed at financially protecting workers who refuse to get COVID-19 vaccines by declaring, “leadership means seeking compromise.” Kelly acted with unusual speed, signing the bill the afternoon after its passage by the GOP-controlled Legislature […]
Archbishop of the military defends those who refuse vaccines
By Jack Jenkins — October 13, 2021
(RNS) — More than 90% of active-duty Navy personnel and more than 81% of Army and Air Force personnel have already gotten the shots.
University of Colorado faces COVID religious exemption suit
By Patty Nieberg — September 30, 2021
The U.S. District Court lawsuit filed by the Thomas More Society is the latest clash over a growing number of private- and public-sector vaccine mandates nationwide to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
NY governor vows to fight lawsuit over vaccine mandate
By Marina Villeneuve — September 17, 2021
A group of Christian health care practitioners argue that New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is unconstitutional.
As vaccine mandates spread, employers and colleges seek advice on religious exemptions
By Monique Parsons — August 9, 2021
(Interfaith America) — Secular and faith-based institutions alike are balancing religious protections against community health and safety, as well as the deep political divide.
What a Title IX lawsuit might mean for religious universities
By Susan L Trollinger and William Trollinger — June 15, 2021
(The Conversation) — A recent Title IX lawsuit alleges discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation at religious schools. Two scholars argue that this might be a pivotal moment.
New York ends religious exemption to vaccine mandates
By The Associated Press — June 14, 2019
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The measure follows this year's measles outbreak , which federal officials recently said has surpassed 1,000 illnesses, the highest in 27 years.
Faith is no excuse for skipping vaccines, says med school professor
By Bob Smietana — February 28, 2019
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) — 'These are important times where religious leaders need to speak out on behalf of vaccines,' said Dr. Peter Hotez of the Baylor College of Medicine. 'We need an interfaith statement on vaccines.'
Critics: Trump’s religious exemption on birth control ignores science
By Lauren Markoe — October 11, 2017
(AP) — Although the regulations ultimately address matters of individual conscience and religious teaching, they also dive into medical research and scholarly studies on birth control.
Religious objection order gives broad leeway to employers to drop birth control coverage
By guest — October 6, 2017
(USA Today) — The new rules allow any employer or insurer to stop covering contraceptive services if it has religious beliefs or moral convictions against covering birth control.
US top court takes Christian-affiliated hospital pension case
By RNS staff — December 4, 2016
(Reuters) The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear appeals by Christian-affiliated hospital systems of lower court rulings that gave the green light to employee lawsuits accusing them of wrongly claiming a religious exemption from federal pension law.
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