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Pentagon releases religious exemption guidelines for bypassing mandatory vaccine
Fox News ^ | Caitlin McFall

Posted on 08/12/2021 7:14:03 PM PDT by george76

Service members who want a vaccine exemption will be required to seek counseling regarding their decision..

The Pentagon on Tuesday released guidelines for how service members could request a religious exemption in lieu of getting the coronavirus vaccine.

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"There is a religious exemption possibility for any mandatory vaccine, and there's a process that we go through to counsel the individual both from a medical and from a command perspective about using a religious exemption," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Tuesday.

Kirby said military service members who wish to seek an exemption will be required to be counseled by a medical professional and a commander over the risks posed by not receiving the vaccine.

In addition, they will discuss how the decision could affect their deployability, travel, or even assignments – though the request processes will differ in each branch.

"We take freedom of religion and worship seriously, in the military, it's one of the things that we sign up to defend," Kirby said. "And so it's something that's done very carefully."

Exemptions for pre-existing medical conditions will be permitted as well, though those will be identified by a medical professional.

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To: george76
The Pentagon on Tuesday released guidelines for how service members could request a religious exemption in lieu of getting the coronavirus vaccine.

Yet another way for DOD to identify whom to cull.

81 posted on 08/13/2021 2:15:46 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
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To: ocrp1982
I had never seen Gurl used in place of GIRL so I simply asked him if he was familiar with that usage. He simply answered my question. I then informed you of the current usage of that odd term. It’s as simple as that.

That's ridiculous. It's common slang. You might could worry if your son starts telling you about trannie habits.

82 posted on 08/13/2021 2:38:29 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
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To: Albion Wilde

“To use your own reference which I clicked on and copied, colloquial word referring casually to another person that has since become gender-neutral.”
Gender Neutral? So, “she” isn’t quite sure which gender “she” is? And, you defend this while attempting to attack my son for telling me the current day definition of the term when I asked him what the term GURL is? Really? I contend that a normal Girl would simply refer to HERSELF as a Girl. Not as a GURL.


83 posted on 08/13/2021 9:51:12 PM PDT by ocrp1982 ( Bibicly)
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To: ransomnote

“Counseling.. .Conceal. In darkness.
Spirit of darkness.

CRISPR❎

Conceal❎

ICU actual medical record histories Conceal❎

Border pictures Conceal❎

Election HARDCOPIES. Closed systems. Change.
Conceal❎

1/2 impeachment testimonies. Conceal❎

AntiChrist. Conceal❎

Disappearance of the Elect. Twinkling of an Eye.CONCEAL CONCEAL CONCEAL ❎❎❎❎❎


84 posted on 08/13/2021 9:55:03 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: george76
This is bullshit. We are going to kill the effectiveness of our military with this "vaccine".

If the initial adverse effects don't do it fairly immediately, likely in a few years the COVID Spike chickens will come home to roost.

Requiring this is treason.

85 posted on 08/13/2021 11:25:23 PM PDT by Gritty (All those who’ve lied about everything for 5 years are the ones demanding I take the vaccine-JKelly)
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To: ocrp1982

Simmer down, newbie. When someone points out your logical fallacies, you feel attacked. That’s because, as you have demonstrated, you go on the attack to others instead of explaining your reasoning and leave it at that.

Learn to debate with civility. Or, consider the possibility that you may not know everything. FR is a great place to learn about the important aspects of conservatism. This discussion about how to spell girl is not one of them.


86 posted on 08/14/2021 7:57:24 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
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To: JD_UTDallas
The full citizen mandate comes in November book mark my post I’ll get real money on a November general public mandate.

I'll bet you $250, payable to FR, that there is no full citizen mandate by November 30, 2021.

Do we need to flesh out some details on definition of "full citizen mandate"?

87 posted on 08/16/2021 3:22:17 PM PDT by Fury
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To: JD_UTDallas
Re: 11: Hawaii just arrested fake card holders and by November I expect other states as well with a QR block chain encrypted pass to follow the national mandate they won’t simply let people print cards to think they will is naive.

How do the states that will use QR code deal with people that don't have cell phones?

88 posted on 08/16/2021 3:27:45 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Fury; JD_UTDallas

Fury wrote:

“Re: 11: Hawaii just arrested fake card holders and by November I expect other states as well with a QR block chain encrypted pass to follow the national mandate they won’t simply let people print cards to think they will is naive.
How do the states that will use QR code deal with people that don’t have cell phones?”

I have the same question.

Hearing disabled folks using caption call phones on landlines or magicjacked cablemodems would not be carrying a cellphone.

I would be one of those not carrying a cellphone.


89 posted on 08/23/2021 6:10:19 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000) )
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To: george76
Service members who want a vaccine exemption will be required to seek counseling regarding their decision.

No.

Please refer to Article Six of the US Constitution.

...no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

This is a religious test and as such is unlawful.

90 posted on 08/23/2021 6:16:24 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I refuse to be afraid. I refuse to bow. I refuse to take any job I do not wish to. So BUZZ OFF!)
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To: Fury

Likely the same way the UK will...

https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/16/traditional-landlines-axed-by-2025-as-all-uk-phone-calls-go-digital-15097358/


91 posted on 08/23/2021 6:27:32 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: JD_UTDallas

Looking forward to the Nuremburg 2.0 trials.


92 posted on 09/09/2021 9:59:23 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: JD_UTDallas

You seem to forget that the penalty for not taking the Smallpox vaccine (for a known 30% fatality rate) was $5; about $150 today, or a nice speeding ticket.

And the penalty was assessed after a Jury trial, not handed out like candy.

As far as your braggadocio, sure sign of a keyboard commando.
The true measure of a man’s stature is given not by what he brags about but by what he takes for granted.

Incidentally re: your comment “No wonder half of adult Americans have high blood pressure. “
Nice tell that you’re an immigrant: and hence don’t really understand the Constitution.


93 posted on 09/09/2021 10:10:33 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: ransomnote
required to be counseled by a medical professional and a commander over the risks posed by not receiving the vaccine.

One major risk: no future promotions.

94 posted on 09/09/2021 10:15:25 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: JD_UTDallas; TexasGurl24

Ah, time for some claim chowder!

As you predicted on 08/12:

“The full citizen mandate comes in November book mark my post I’ll get real money on a November general public mandate.”

- see https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3984543/posts?page=11#11

It was bookmarked. And you were…. so wrong.

So that prediction is good for some hot claim chowder. And no, it did not go unnoticed that when I asked you to back up the ‘jackassin with a $250 wager, you skedaddled, and totally skulked off the thread. Either too cheap, or...

and on 08/13:

“I predict full approval by September for sure as do a lot of other people some of whom are in this administration and have said as much on camera. The administration could mandate just like smallpox national compliance and likely will if Delta surges to high enough numbers. By November we will see either the other side of the Delta spike bell curve or it will be still in exponential growth phase at that point with a full approved vax I would expect a mandate by the Fed’s does it make it right or wrong that’s for debate but they certainly have the legal power to do so your wrong but it doesn’t matter what you think the ussc has been clear on this.

- see https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3984543/posts?page=43#43

Oofa. So, so wrong.

Anyways, enjoy your claim chowder. You earned every spoonful.

n.b. - And we will just disagree on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11, 25–26 (1905). Jacobsen was about police powers of a state. Even as recently as Fall 2021, challenges to a vaccine mandate have been almost entirely pertaining to the powers of a state. We’ll just have to see how FedGov fares in their proposed vaccine mandate via OSHA.

Even some military contractors are no longer subject to a vaccine mandate.

See “Huntington Ingalls Rolls Back Vaccine Mandate for its Shipyard Workers” - https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/huntington-ingalls-rolls-back-vaccine-mandate-for-its-shipyard-workers

and:

“Ingalls suspends deadline for employee vaccination” - see https://www.wlox.com/2021/11/17/ingalls-suspends-deadline-employee-vaccination/


95 posted on 11/30/2021 8:54:46 AM PST by Fury
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To: Fury

Lol! Yep.

I’ve written this particular one off as a blow hard.

Other claims:

1. He has 2 PhDs.
2. Governor Abbott will lose because of Constitutional Carry.
3. He was at the January 6 rally ready to go, and had a full “kit” with an AR in the car. (I guess he drove from Texas?)
4. He can drop anyone whose a threat in less than 2 seconds because he’s serves 4 combat tours and has served in 3 armed services.
5. His wife is a model and he “had more tail” than anyone in college.
6. He can speak 4 foreign languages.
7. He’s an expert in law and science.


96 posted on 11/30/2021 9:44:20 AM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: TexasGurl24

Wow. That’s quite a resume.

All I have is a few cats and do ornithology research during the summer.

I feel pretty inadequate.

LOL!!!


97 posted on 11/30/2021 10:28:07 AM PST by Fury
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