{"id":1070287,"date":"2021-11-30T21:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T02:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1070287"},"modified":"2021-11-30T21:28:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T02:28:36","slug":"over-1700-faith-leaders-urge-pentagon-to-allow-religious-exemptions-from-coronavirus-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-1700-faith-leaders-urge-pentagon-to-allow-religious-exemptions-from-coronavirus-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,700 Faith Leaders Urge Pentagon to Allow Religious Exemptions from Coronavirus Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fover-1700-faith-leaders-urge-pentagon-to-allow-religious-exemptions-from-coronavirus-vaccine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1070287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/US-Marine-Gets-Vaccination-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Over 1,700 faith leaders are urging the Biden Pentagon to approve religious exemptions for troops from the coronavirus vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The National Faith Advisory Board sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday with their signatures, requesting that he \u201cimmediately\u201d grant religious exemptions from the vaccine for those requesting it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Biden Administration made the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory in late August, allowing each military service to implement their own deadlines for when troops have to be fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>However, so far, none of the military services\u2019 leaders have approved any religious exemptions from the vaccine despite requests from thousands.<\/p>\n<p>The NFAB wrote in their letter:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"26\">\n<p>As faith leaders representing millions of Americans from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds from across the country, we write to express our strong concern about the potential for military members to be stripped of their religious liberties by not being granted an exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Given your decades of service in the U.S. Army, you are fully cognizant that young men and women are not currently being drafted into active-duty service; instead, they are choosing to sign up to serve to protect our freedoms. These military members including Navy Seals put their lives on the line in some of the riskiest and most important operations each year. We should be rewarding their bravery and the bravery of all our men and women in uniform, by not forcing them to choose between sincere religious convictions and staying in the military.<\/p>\n<p>With the current threats we face \u2013 whether it be an emboldened Al-Qaeda or a rising communist regime in China \u2013 losing some of our military\u2019s finest over a vaccine mandate would be a travesty. By not approving legitimate exemptions in a timely manner, you will be threatening the basic liberties of servicemen, servicewomen, and their families increasing the polarization of our armed forces, and potentially risking our national security.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They concluded: \u201cWe urge you to grant religious exemptions as soon as possible for every American risking their lives to defend our country. Religious freedom is enshrined in our Constitution and must always be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for the active duty Marine Corps passed on November 28, with as many as 10,000 Marines still unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>The service said Monday that 2,441 Marines&nbsp;applied for religious accommodation from the vaccine mandate, with 1,902 of those \u201cprocessed\u201d and \u201czero\u201d requests approved.&nbsp;Some Marines are appealing their denials.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View NFAB - Religious Freedom for Our Military Letter on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/543632491\/NFAB-Religious-Freedom-for-Our-Military-Letter#from_embed\">NFAB \u2013 Religious Freedom for Our Military Letter<\/a> by <a title=\"View Kristina Wong&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/294756797\/Kristina-Wong#from_embed\">Kristina Wong<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 1,700 faith leaders are urging the Biden Pentagon to approve religious exemptions for troops from the coronavirus vaccine mandate. 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