New York must allow religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate, judge rules

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7. The only people I can think of that are at all consistent about this

are Christian Scientists, who oppose pretty much all medical interventions (and I take it this means they won't be going into any ER or ICU when the virus hits them).

The Pope has come out and said Catholics should get the vaccine.

I would think that fundamentalist Protestants and others who oppose vaccination should face the same scrutiny as draftees who want to claim conscientious objector status.

In fact it should be heightened, since draftees can make their claims under the first amendment, since it clearly covers government entities such as draft boards. I would imagine that arguing for such exemptions from a private entity would face a higher burden of proof--since their claims are in direct opposition to the rights of business owners to keep their work places safe for others.

Just my opinion--I'm certainly not an attorney or any kind of constitutional scholar.