Inspector General’s Office: Denial of Service Members’s Religious Exemption Requests For Vaccine Refusal Violates Federal Law
September 25, 2022 | District of Columbia
A Department of Defense Office of Inspector General report has revealed that the widespread denials of service members requests for religious exemptions to COVID vaccine mandates violates federal law.
The Gateway Pundit recently interviewed Lt. John Bowes on the denial of his request for a religious accommodation last year, a denial that has left Bowes, and many of the over 700 pilots who have filed religious exemptions, grounded.
Liberty Council shares the full IG memo here.
Acting Inspector General Sean O’Donnell sent a memo to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin while the department continued to defend its position in court and as branches of the military sought to dishonorably discharge, punish and even evict from their housing service members who were in noncompliance with the vaccine mandate Austin issued last August.
O’Donnell’s June 2 memo also surfaced after federal judges have increasingly issued blistering rebukes of military leaders when granting class action status for plaintiffs in lawsuits filed in several states… (Excerpt From The Gateway Pundit)