U.S. military members have the right to pursue a religious exemption for a vaccine through a process that includes input from their commander, chaplain, medical provider and legal advisors — and in most cases, the law has upheld that right.
With an unprecedented number of service members in all branches seeking religious exemptions to the military’s mandate of a fast-tracked COVID vaccine using controversial mRNA technology and lacking long-term safety data, it is judicious for service members and their legal advisors, chaplains and commanders to understand legal precedent in religious accommodation decisions in the U.S. Armed Forces.
As previously reported in The Defender, military members have the right to pursue a religious accommodation for a vaccine through a process that includes input from their commander, chaplain, medical provider and legal advisors.
This article summarizes details of how religious exemptions are determined to be sincere and approved. Read more…
