I get why people want to go the religious exemption route. I understand we have to make a living. I don’t judge people’s choices when their choices are coerced. I myself have til Dec 8 to either get injected or file an exemption. Except I am perfectly healthy with a strong immune system; and my deeply-held religious belief is that my faith is between me and God and clergy is not necessary. (My employer requires a clergyman signature to file a religious exemption. However, getting a clergyman to legitimize my faith is against my religion.)

To me getting a religious exemption is still capitulation to totalitarianism. You are in practice accepting that someone has the right to dictate what you put on your body unless you stand on your head and beg for or convince them to “grant” you an exemption. My belief is that our right to make decisions about our bodies is inherent to being human. Free will is the soul and essence of humanity. To surrender your free will about your own body is to surrender a large part of your soul. Also you surrender ownership of your body to an entity that, to put it mildly, does not have your best interest at heart.

I get why people want to go the religious exemption route. I understand we have to make a living. I don’t judge people’s choices when their choices are coerced. I myself have til Dec 8 to either get injected or file an exemption. Except I am perfectly healthy with a strong immune system; and my deeply-held religious belief is that my faith is between me and God and clergy is not necessary. (My employer requires a clergyman signature to file a religious exemption. However, getting a clergyman to legitimize my faith is against my religion.)

To me getting a religious exemption is still capitulation to totalitarianism. You are in practice accepting that someone has the right to dictate what you put on your body unless you stand on your head and beg for or convince them to “grant” you an exemption. My belief is that our right to make decisions about our bodies is inherent being human. Free will is the soul and essence of humanity. To surrender your free will about your own body is to surrender a large part of your soul. Also you surrender ownership of your body to an entity that, to put it mildly, does not have your best interest at heart.

I get why people want to go the religious exemption route. I understand we have to make a living. I don’t judge people’s choices when their choices are coerced. I myself have til Dec 8 to either get injected or file an exemption. Except I am perfectly healthy with a strong immune system; and my deeply-held religious belief is that my faith is between me and God and clergy is not necessary. (My employer requires a clergyman signature to file a religious exemption. However, getting a clergyman to legitimize my faith is against my religion.)

To me getting a religious exemption is still capitulation to totalitarianism. You are in practice accepting that someone has the right to dictate what you put on your body unless you stand on your head and beg for or convince them to “grant you” an exemption. My belief is that our right to make decisions about our bodies is inherent being human. Free will is the soul and essence of humanity. To surrender your free will about your own body is to surrender a large part of your soul. Also you surrender ownership of your body to an entity that, to put it mildly, does not have your best interest at heart.