- Feb 5, 2002
- 166,647
- 56,274
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Catholic
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Others
The decision not to intervene and immediately block the New York COVID-vaccine mandate is a disappointing move.
This past Monday afternoon the Supreme Court, for the second time in the last two months, declined to halt a state COVID-vaccine mandate for health-care workers with religious objections. The Court’s decision not to intervene and immediately block the New York state mandate is a disappointing move, given the Court’s generally “pro-religious liberty” track record in reviewing pandemic-related restrictions.
A regulation issued by New York State Department of Health requires all health-care workers in the state to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they qualify for a medical exemption. The regulation does not contain a religious exemption. Health-care workers who lose their jobs because of their refusal to be vaccinated — regardless of their reasons — are ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits.
Twenty doctors and nurses with religious objections challenged the mandate in two separate lawsuits. They claim that New York is violating their First Amendment rights.
Continued below.
Supreme Court’s NY Decision Is a Blow for Religious Freedom
This past Monday afternoon the Supreme Court, for the second time in the last two months, declined to halt a state COVID-vaccine mandate for health-care workers with religious objections. The Court’s decision not to intervene and immediately block the New York state mandate is a disappointing move, given the Court’s generally “pro-religious liberty” track record in reviewing pandemic-related restrictions.
A regulation issued by New York State Department of Health requires all health-care workers in the state to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they qualify for a medical exemption. The regulation does not contain a religious exemption. Health-care workers who lose their jobs because of their refusal to be vaccinated — regardless of their reasons — are ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits.
Twenty doctors and nurses with religious objections challenged the mandate in two separate lawsuits. They claim that New York is violating their First Amendment rights.
Continued below.
Supreme Court’s NY Decision Is a Blow for Religious Freedom
