Posted on 10/18/2021 5:40:30 PM PDT by God luvs America
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Nick Rolovich is out as the Washington State football coach after refusing to become vaccinated for COVID-19, a requirement for all state employees, a source confirmed to ESPN on Monday.
Multiple unvaccinated assistant coaches are also out, the source said. Defensive coordinator Jake Dickert is expected to be named as the interim coach.
Monday was the deadline for state employees to become fully vaccinated or receive an approved medical or religious exemption as part of a state mandate that was announced in August. Rolovich was seeking a religious exemption, but it is not yet clear how the university committee assigned to evaluate religious exemptions ruled.
Washington State has not provided any examples of what qualifies as a religious exemption. As part of the application process, Rolovich would have needed to attest to how his "sincerely held religious belief" is in conflict with the vaccine requirement. It is a blind process, meaning the committee would not have access to any identifying information while making its determination, a process designed to treat every employee equally. At least two people trained in the legality of the religious exemption have to review every application.
No major religious denomination opposes COVID-19 vaccines, but that has no bearing on what can be considered a sincerely held belief.
Rolovich has been asked repeatedly for weeks to expand upon the reasoning for his position but has declined to provide clarity.
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The mass die-off of the “vaccinated” is going to begin about the first of the year.
After that, the jig will be up.
Look for forced vaccinations as they start to run out of time.
A man of principle. Good.
Be curious if Rolovich was cool this.
So WSU lost a coach, the real concern is that the state of Washington is losing thousands of police, healthcare workers, teachers and other state employees because they refused Inslee’s unconstitutional vaccine mandate.
“The mass die-off of the “vaccinated” is going to begin about the first of the year.
After that, the jig will be up.”
BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA........You have given the term “hyperbole” monumentally new meaning!
In my post from Saturday i mentioned after the game there were several Stanford players who shook Rolovich’s hand and had extended conversations with him. It seemed more than, “Good game coach,” rather, “stick to your guns coach.” Speculation on my part but it they were definitely not run of the mill, after game conversations.
Good for Nick! May he and his family prosper greatly and be happy all of their lives.
Be even better if Dickert says, “thanks but no thanks.”
As part of the application process, Rolovich would have needed to attest to how his “sincerely held religious belief” is in conflict with the vaccine requirement.
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There is the stench of the Inquisition in the idea one has to prove the worthiness of one’s religious belief.
SC needs a coach...
“...after refusing to become vaccinated...”
Notice the wording, with the negative connotation of the word “refusing”, instead of “choosing not to”, “electing not to”, etc.
“...after refusing to become vaccinated...”
BECOME vaccinated? Has an odd ring to it.
When COVID started, HR became doctors.
Now HR has become clergy, judging everyone’s religious beliefs.
What they really are is political officers in our new fascism.
Hope you are right!
A man with a real pair of testicles. Hopefully this will escalate and no one capable of coaching is around. FJB.
I hope not, actually. All 3 of my adult children are fully vaccinated. I hope and pray they don’t get the booster and/or have an adverse reaction to the vaccine in the future.
Eventually one stop shopping judge jury and executioner.
I noticed Inslee has a Lester Holte type of lisp.
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