Latest "religious exemption" stories

New vaccine may be option for troops with religious concerns

The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine may be an acceptable option for some of the service members who have sought religious exemptions from the mandatory vaccine.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

10 months ago

A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. (Lynne Sladky/AP)

Navy barred from acting against religious vaccine refusers

A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds.

12 months ago

Judge allows 2 military officers refusing COVID jab to continue serving for now

The Navy and the Marine Corps “have failed manifestly” to meet the requirements of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, said Judge Steven Merryday

By Dennis Joyce

13 months ago

Another Marine receives a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine

No other U.S. military branch has yet approved any religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine.

By Philip Athey

14 months ago

A ‘defining feature of masculine men’ — soldier’s Norse pagan faith earns beard waiver

The beard must be kept within a maximum length of two inches.

3 years ago

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