There are no religions (known of) that are against testing. In TN, the churches are pushing the government to mask and stay safe. One of the Donad’s supporters in TX came out and said his church won’t grant exemptions and that if you won’t mask, you shouldn’t take tylenol, etc. It’s all about politics. Why else would a chiropractor in Florida (not a medical doctor) give mask exemptions?
Then you look at my district in TN which made news the other week where they said no more masks. Why does one care if another wear’s a mask? It’s my body, not theirs - and they say they should have a choice. So why make a choice for me? Same in Palm Beach yesterday. Unfortunately, the situation is toxic and we have turned against one another which is a shame because obviously no one asked for this. We have to get through it together.
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Texas megachurch preacher and Trump devotee says there is no ‘credible religious argument’ against COVID-19 vaccines
Joshua Zitser
Sun, September 19, 2021, 9:13 AM·3 min read
Pastor Robert Jeffress participates in the Celebrate Freedom Rally with then-President Donald Trump on July 1, 2017. Olivier Douliery-Pool via Getty Images
- A preacher at a Texas megachurch is refusing to offer his congregation religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
- He told the Associated Press that there is no “credible religious argument” for turning down a shot.
- Religious exemption letters are becoming more widely used as a “loophole” to avoid vaccine mandates, the AP said.
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As Republican lawmakers rage against President Joe Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandates, the Associated Press reported that religious exemptions are becoming more widely used as a “loophole” to avoid getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
But a Trump-loving preacher at a Texas megachurch has decreed that there is “no credible religious argument” for turning down a shot, the Associated Press said.
The Rev. Robert Jeffress, a pastor at the 12,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas, told the news agency that he and his staff are neither “offering” exemption letters nor “encouraging” members of their congregation to seek out religious exemptions from coronavirus vaccine mandates.
“Christians who are troubled by the use of a fetal cell line for the testing of the vaccines would also have to abstain from the use of Tylenol, Pepto Bismol, Ibuprofen, and other products that used the same cell line if they are sincere in their objection,” said Jeffress in an email.