U.S. Federal Judge Blocks The Pentagon From Firing 35 Navy Sailors Who Have Refused The Covid-19 Vaccine

A judge has blocked the firing of 35 members of the Navy, including Navy SEALs, who did not want to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to their religious beliefs 

 Reuters: U.S. judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Navy SEALs who refused COVID-19 vaccine 

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday barred the U.S. Department of Defense from punishing a group of Navy SEALs and other special forces members who refused COVID-19 vaccines on religious grounds. 

U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, acting in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of 35 special forces service members, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Navy and Defense Department from enforcing the mandate. 

Reed, who was appointed to the federal bench in Texas by President George W. Bush, said the Navy had not granted a single religious exemption to the vaccine rule. 

"The Navy servicemembers in this case seek to vindicate the very freedoms they have sacrificed so much to protect. 

The COVID-19 pandemic provides the government no license to abrogate those freedoms," the judge wrote in a 26-page decision.  

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 U.S. Federal Judge Blocks The Pentagon From Firing 35 Navy Sailors Who Have Refused The Covid-19 Vaccine  

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