Be polite and professional in your interview.
They were extremely friendly and very accommodating. I am also grateful they saw me as valuable and look forward to helping them kick butt in the industry.
Take a chance no matter what the listed job requirements are. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by offering them something of value. YOU.
Managers there don't make those policies, it's HR.
Plus, if they gave a blanket exemption for someone (i.e. not medical or religious), when they required all existing employees to comply, then they would be up for class action.