A Louisiana public policy “think tank” is suing the U.S. Department of Defense on behalf of a Barksdale Airman who refuses to take the COVID vaccine. Pelican Institute Center for Justice attorney James Baehr says Senior Airman Faith Crocker (pictured above) was denied a religious exemption she filed in good faith, and was told to get the shots or be discharged.
“Faith is being forced the choose between following her religious beliefs and staying in the United States Air Force, and that’s not a choice any American should have to make.”
Airman Crocker is the daughter of a Baptist minister, and has deeply held beliefs about what to put in her body. She requested the right to say “no” to the shots. Baehr says the DoD has denied virtually ALL religious accommodation requests from military personnel in Louisiana and elsewhere. He says that hard-nosed policy is uncalled for, as the pandemic winds down.
“We’re losing valuable trained people. For what? We’re no longer in a state of emergency, COVID fatality and case counts are extremely low. There’s simply no reason for this.”
Baehr says the lawsuit simply aims to block the DoD or the Air Force from dismissing Crocker for her conscientious objection to the shots. He says Crocker – and many others who requested a religious accommodation from the COVID shots – received their denial last month in a form letter. Baehr says that suggests the requests were never even considered, “…and unfortunately the Biden Administration has been denying those requests en masse.”
To read the lawsuit, go to “PelicanPolicy.org”
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