'Our clients are boldly leading the fight against the vaccine mandate, but no service member should face discipline or punishment for following their faith.' And it seems the Navy isn’t giving religious service members the proper legal consideration required by law,' First Liberty Institute wrote on its website. 'To date, the US Navy has not approved a single religious accommodation request.
Almost 1,500 sailors have separated from the Navy due to the vaccine requirement, as of late July. There are currently 4,244 exemptions pending, according to First Liberty, and the Navy has only granted 22 permeant medical exemptions and 189 temporary ones. The lawsuit was first filed by nonprofit First Liberty Institute in November on behalf of 35 active-duty Navy SEALs, but has since become a class-action lawsuit representing all Navy members seek religious exemptions. Unvaccinated Navy soldiers who are still seeking religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine are 'stuck in limbo' and being forced to live in deplorable conditions on the USS Eisenhower as the military refuse to let them leave the service. Almost 1,500 sailors have separated from the Navy due to the vaccine requirement, as of late July.
4,200 unvaccinated Navy sailors seeking religious exemptions from vaccine mandate are 'stuck in limbo' and being forced to live in deplorable conditions as military refuses to allow them to leave service