Supreme Court won't block vaccine mandate for NYC teachers

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The Supreme Court has denied a request from a group of New York City public school teachers seeking to block a vaccine mandate for employees who were not given a religious exemption.

Their appeal was directed to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who handles cases from that region. She rejected an earlier challenge, filed in October, to the city’s vaccine mandate. She rejected the teachers' latest appeal with no explanation, which is the court’s usual procedure.

Sotomayor did not ask the city for a response, either — another sign that the request for an injunction would likely fail.The emergency appeal, filed this week, argued the city was violating the religious freedom of school employees by declining to accept some of their reasons for seeking an exception. The city’s policy says requests must include support from a religious official, for example, which disqualifies employees who don’t belong to a specific religious organization.

Requests for exemption have also been denied to employees if the leader of their religious organization has spoken publicly in favor of getting the vaccine. That means objections are not honored for many Catholics, the appeal said, given the pope’s endorsement of vaccinations. Many of the employees, including teachers, supervisors and school staff members, have been told they will be fired if they do not either get the vaccine by Feb. 14 or agree to remain on leave without pay and drop their objection to the policy.Pete Williams is an NBC News correspondent who covers the Justice Department and the Supreme Court, based in Washington.

 

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openargs These people are dumb. SCOTUS has expanded religious accommodation to the point that you only have to pinky swear that your objections to things that hurt Trump in the feels is sincerely religious, and you're good. No genuine religions have these objections, but SCOTUS don't GAF

Nyc is a dump… no going back. Besides San Fran other city in America has done this lmao

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If it is so important to them then quit

Yes, of course it’s your choice to get…or not…a vaccine. (Just like reproductive healthcare is a personal choice.) But the rules are still the rules, and if you choose not to vaccinate tho you are required to do so in order to keep your job, you’re out. That’s the way it works.

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There is more damage from everyday things that everyone uses than from vaccines but are these antivaxx individuals protesting something like gasoline fumes or chemicals in drinking water?

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