Okay guys, let’s talk. People are hitting up my inbox because they can’t get religious exemptions. Apparently, the religious exemptions we’re entitled to by law are hard to come by: Paperwork, interrogations interviews, the third-degree … it’s quite the process. Some lucky parents are getting called to the rug to defend their religious beliefs in front of a panel of people who have probably never even heard of Jesus and whose sole purpose in life is to trip them up with tricky questions designed by vaccine enthusiasts to rob people of their rights. Gone are the days where you could just Google, “vaccine religious exemption letter” and change the greeting at the top. Getting your school to serve a lunch that’s fit for human consumption is easier than getting a vaccine exemption. That was … until this post hit the scene.
In this post, I’m going to break down how to get the religious exemption you’re entitled to … like a boss. I will forewarn you though, when I read religious letters I’m pretty critical. It’s not because I don’t want to hear your story, it’s because I want you to get what you deserve and there’s a lot at stake. The end result is either a box of Kleenex or a religious exemption, so I’m going to tell you how to put this together and keep it on point. Cool?
Step #1: Find out what type of vaccine exemptions your state offers.
There is this prevailing lie circulating that your child can’t go to school unless they have their shots. Not true. There are only three states whose politicians love money more than Jesus, so unless you belong to one of those states, you’re entitled to an exemption. Period.
There are three possible exemptions: the medical exemption can be obtained if your child has a documented reaction to a vaccine. These are almost impossible to get; though let’s face it, there are a lot of vaccine-injured children walking (and not walking) around. The religious exemption can be obtained if you have a bona fide objection to vaccines based on your deeply held religious beliefs. The philosophical exemption allows an individual to get an exemption based on any number of belief-based grounds. Vegan? Exemption. Bad for your astrological sign? Exemption. Don’t want to get a chronic disease that day or die? Exemption.
There’s also a fourth kind of exemption called a “serological” exemption. If you can prove your child has had the disease naturally (chicken pox for example) or that they still have the temporary junk immunity given from the last round of vaccines, they can get out of having that specific vaccine. This requires a titers test to show sufficient proof of antibodies. If you are in a state that mandates vaccinations, get a titers test to get out of as many as you can!
To find out which exemptions your state allows, click here. (Note, you won’t find a serological exemption listed because hardly anyone talks about it, so consider yourself “in the know.”)
Step #2: If your child is in private school, find out what their stance is on exemptions.
There are a lot of private schools that supposedly do not offer exemptions or are making them almost impossible to get. Ironically, these aren’t Montessori and Waldorf schools but are your private, religious schools. If you’re these schools that you can’t get a religious exemption, call their bluff and ask for the policy. Ninety-nine percent of the time, the person telling you the school doesn’t offer an exemption doesn’t even know what an exemption is or has a bias against parents who’ve done their research. If there’s a policy or a process involved, find out what it is, and if someone says there’s no way you’re going to get what you want…get what you want.
Step #3: Throw Out the Story. Throw in the Law.
Here’s the biggest mistake I see in people’s religious letters: too much story and not enough facts. A religious letter is not the place for you to tell an emotional story. You want an exemption, not for someone to hand you a box of Kleenex. People are not going to give you a letter based on your ability to drive them to tears and the more you talk, the more you dig yourself into a hole. Then you start unknowingly arguing for a philosophical exemption which more often than not, your state doesn’t even offer. Then, boom…you are out of an exemption.
Don’t get tripped up here. Don’t start talking about faith healing, vaccine injury, your lifestyle, or what God told you during your prayer time. Not gonna fly. The truth is, you don’t need to convince anyone that you’re legally entitled to an exemption. You have a right to a religious exemption because the LAW in your STATE says you do. So, throw out the story and throw in the law:
Title 77 of the Illinois Administrative Code, Chapter 1, Subchapter i, Part 665, Section 665.510 gives me the right as a parent to object to my child’s vaccinations on religious grounds. Boom.
Step #4: Make your argument for the religious exemption.
Now let’s get to the good part. Now that you’ve dropped your authority like a boss, it’s time to tell people where to pick it up and set it down. When you write your letter, think of it as an oral argument. Anytime you find yourself talking about anything other than your religious beliefs, start over. No talking about the effects of toxins on the body. No talking about politics. No talking about what happened to your child the last time they were vaccinated (before you or your spouse saw the light). These are arguments for philosophical and medical exemptions. You are applying for a religious exemption so your argument needs to be religion-based, so stick to the Bible. Mmm k?
You are objecting to vaccines because you believe in and follow God and the principles laid out in His Word and you have a deeply held belief that vaccines violate them. Now, lay out your supporting argument and drop your verses:
At least 27 vaccines contain cells, cellular debris, protein, and DNA from aborted babies including (but not limited to), Adenovirus, Polio, Dtap/Polio/HiB Combo, Hep A, Hep A/Hep B Combo, MMR, MMRV Pro Quad, Rabies, Varicella, Shingles vaccines, Ebola, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and influenza vaccines.
Include a link on your reference page (a good letter gives homework) to the vaccine package inserts and the CDC’s vaccine additives and adjuvants list and drop your verses. Every point you make MUST be supported by scripture and the more you include the smarter you look.
“Thou shalt not murder (Exodus 20:13 & Deuteronomy 5:13).” Children are recognized from God at the point of conception (Genesis 4:1, 17, and Jeremiah 1:5), are knit together by God in the womb (Psalm 139:13-16; Psalm 22:10-11; & Galatians 1:15), are blessings from God (Genesis 1:28; Genesis 4:1; and Psalms 127:3 and 113:7-9), are valued and loved (Matthew 18:1-14 and 19:13-15), are created in His image (Genesis 1:27), and their killing is condemned (Psalm 106:35, 37-38). The prophet Amos condemns the Ammonites because they “ripped open expectant mothers in Gilead” (Amos 1:13) and child killing was one of the major reasons that God’s anger burned against the Kingdom of Israel bringing about their destruction and exile (2 Kings 17:17-18).
“Your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit.” You MUST include these magic words in your letter or it will probably not be approved. Why? Because not all vaccines contain aborted baby ingredients and you need to give your argument extra protection in case someone has the mistaken assumption that only two aborted babies have been exploited to make vaccines (as if that’s okay), and to cover your objections to the vaccines that don’t contain these ingredients. Back it up with your support:
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies (1 Corinthians 6:19-20, NIV).
Vaccines contain neurotoxins, hazardous substances, attenuated viruses, animal parts, foreign DNA, albumin from human blood, carcinogens, and chemical wastes that are proven harmful to the human body.
Not only are the additives in vaccines considered contaminants from a biblical standpoint, the contaminants themselves are often contaminated. In the Bible, blood represented the life force of the human or animal. Human blood was to be kept pure under all circumstances and free of contaminants like animal parts and blood (Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 17:11, 17:14, Deuteronomy 12:23, Leviticus 17:10, Acts 15:20, and Acts 15:29).
“Since vaccine preparation involves the use of materials of biological origin, vaccines are subject to contamination by micro-organisms. […] The increasing number of target species for vaccines, the diversity of the origin of biological materials and the extremely high number of known and unknown viruses and their constant evolution represent a challenge to vaccine producers and regulatory authorities.”
If you’re going for the works (which is completely optional), you can talk about God being sovereign, a parent’s God-given authority over the care of their children, that intentionally exposing the immunocompromised and others to the live viral shedding that accompanies vaccines or subjecting your child to a risk of chronic disease and even death violates the command to love your neighbor as yourself. And don’t forget to drop in some fun religious verses on sorcery. Remember, ANYTHING you put in your letter needs to be backed up with scripture.
Step #5: Don’t get tripped up.
A lot of schools are moving to some sort of interview process that will determine whether or not they grant your exemption. They’ll ask you some fun questions like, what religion you practice so they can trip you up with a canned statement from your denomination. They’ll ask you if you’re opposed to other forms of medical intervention you’ve probably used like x-rays and medications. They’ll ask if you’re opposed to blood transfusions, if your child has been vaccinated before, or if you realize you’re going to kill everyone around should your child get the chicken pox and spread it to a bunch of vaccinated people.
Here’s how you sum up the answers to every question you’ll face in a 5-minutes or less:
- When you are challenged by the viewpoint of a denomination, pastor, publication, or atheist authority: You do not worship any pastor, church, religious publication, or denomination. Your pastor’s personal view on vaccines is irrelevant to your stance because pastors do not learn about the biblical implications of vaccinating during seminary and your pastor isn’t God. (Though if you have a pastor willing to go to bat for you, use him.)
- But you’re Catholic! The Pontifical Academy for Life has strongly condemned the development of vaccines from fetal tissues but acknowledges a parent may still be justified in vaccinating their child. However, they also support a parent’s right to consciously object to vaccines that contain aborted fetal ingredients and do not support mandatory vaccines because it results in moral coercion of the conscience and usurps the God-given authority of a parent. Boom.
- Have you or your child ever had an x-ray, taken a medication, or had a surgical procedure? (Do not answer “yes.” State your explanation instead.) There’s a big difference between treating a body that is sick and giving a healthy body something that could harm it, and you are not aware of anything regarding x-rays or the medications your already sick child had, that inherently violated scripture.
- Do you believe in blood transfusions? If you don’t, you’re good. If you do (or don’t have a stance), then state that blood transfusions are typically given to save the life of an already seriously injured or dying person, that you have never been in the position where you have had to make an informed decision, and to your knowledge, there are no aborted baby ingredients in the blood being given. (Now, you could get tripped up if someone tries to differentiate between contamination with someone’s blood and contamination with vaccine ingredients. I would turn the conversation back to the topic at hand and state that a deep theological conversation about blood transfusions goes beyond the scope of the discussion surrounding your legal right to a vaccine exemption.)
- Are you against organ donations? If the answer is yes, then you’re good. If it’s no, then simply state that the two situations aren’t comparable because organ donors give consent.
- Why was your child vaccinated in the past? I vaccinated my kid once upon a time and then I met Jesus. Let me introduce you!
- Oh, but there were just two babies used in the process of making those vaccines and it was a really long time ago. And that somehow makes it okay? Even though there may be only one cell line in the actual vaccine, numerous aborted babies were used to derive that perfect cell line and even more are being tested on to replace it and to manufacture new vaccines.
- Yeah, but God says, “love your neighbor as yourself.” God also throughout His Word, shows us countless ways to do that. Not one of them includes murdering unborn children, injecting viruses into each other, shooting our kids up with carcinogens, assaulting “perfectly good” immune systems, or subjecting immunocompromised individuals to live viral vaccine shedding.
- “But the Bible says we should submit to governing authority.” Yeah, but the governing authority gives me the right to a religious exemption (cite your statute again for their enjoyment) and you are to submit to God over governing authority. (Cite your verse.)
- But what about measles?! Schmeasle measles. The Bible says we shouldn’t make decisions based on fear and aint’ nobody scared of a rash.
Okay, so maybe a little less schnark but you get where I’m going with this. If your state gives you the right to a religious exemption, go get it. Know your statutes, drop your verses, print out your letter for anyone you may be speaking with and include a reference page. You’re never too old for homework and we’re saving rights lives here! Keep it short, sweet, and to the point. If someone gives you a hard time, go up the chain of command and don’t take no for an answer.
There you have it: how to get a religious exemption like a boss. Now go get it!
Here are a few posts that might help you craft your letter:
God Does Not Support Vaccines
What You Didn’t Know About Aborted Baby Parts in Your Vaccines
Hello Megan. My employer is asking for a letter from a religious leader along with my flu vaccine religious exemption form. I dont believe it is lawful for them to ask for that, but I can’t find it
explicitly stated in the EEOC title 7. I’m looking for proof, legally, that they can not ask me for that. Can you help? Thanks!
My son just started school & his principal is asking for a written statement from an ordained religious official of my church stating that i’m sincere in my beliefs & that my beliefs prohibit my child from being vaccinated along with the new york state DOE request for religious exemption form filled out! can anybody plz help asap since i have to turn this in ASAP or have my son not get an education!!!!!
No religions deny vaccines, it’s disgusting to claim any do, it’s lying. Thou shalt not lie, every commandment is equal to the others, and breaking it one is breaking them all.
https://www.livingwhole.org/god-does-not-support-vaccines/
Matt I am sorry you are so angry.
If you would like some history of Religious Freedom then I can help you see things from a different angle without trying to change your mind.
I’ll start you now with James Madison’s Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments as he presented it to the Virginia Legislative Body in 1785.
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163
The context of the letter – which is condensed into the second amendment – explains what certain things a Person can or cant believe based on their religion. In this case, instead of being the topic of Immunization it is on the topic of established Religion and tax money. Yes the local churches were sometimes funded with tax dollars, like for food banks and other social needs.
But some people did not want to go to a Presbyterian church cause they were Catholic.
The whole argument boils down to Worship. How one Believes to Worship the Creator in a Personal way. It is called a duty.
Now the “Principle of Worship” remains. Even though a FORMAL religion might believe in using WINE for Communion a different Formal Religion might use Grape Juice. The question is, if your Methodist can you believe that Jesus used WINE at the Last Supper or MUST you believe that Jesus used Grape Juice? Must you believe in Consubstantiation or Transubstantiation?
Neither of these is FOUND in the bible yet many people DIED because they believed one or the other at the WRONG time in history.
Now you have Queen Elizabeth 1 (the first) she said that she did not “desire to be a window into a mans soul”.
Yet it seems like you do. You have passed judgement on us because you do not believe we have the freedom to believe as we do.
St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) said this “Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins”.
James Madison put it this way,
“The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right. It is unalienable, because the opinions of men, depending only on the evidence contemplated by their own minds cannot follow the dictates of other men: It is unalienable also, because what is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator. It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be acceptable to him.”
President Donald Trump had Jeff Sessions say it this way on October 6th 2017, https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1001891/download
Principle 2 The free exercise of religion includes the right to act or abstain from action in accordance with one’s religious belief.
So its a Personal Decision. Now Ganon defined a Religion as.. and you can google, definition of religion and get this… a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance.
Therefore, if I believe that NOT immunizing my child is of the UTMOST or SUPREME IMPORTANCE to me then it is a Personal Religious BELIEF. If you dont like that then tough. I can not Make you understand in your mind what I believe because its unalienable to you. BUTTTT The LAW gives me the RIGHT to FREELY exercise my religion without TYRANNY!!
But what of the Public Health and Safety as defined in Jacobson V Massachusetts 197 US 11 (1905)? Well though to that too. BECAUSE Civil Rights act 1964 Title VII Subtitle II section 201 says that YOU nor anyone ELSE can stop me from expressing my Religion in a PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION because MY TAX DOLLARS ARE USED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL!!
I PAY with my TAXES for my child to go to SCHOOL. If your kid is IMMUNIZED against DISEASES then you CANT get a DISEASE from my KID cause YOUR kid is IMMUNE!!!!! or is he really immune? that’s the real LIE!!! They LIE cause your kid is not IMMUNE at ALL! Heck you have to give your kid 2 and 3 “SHOTS” for Immunity that they DONT even have! Let alone they dont even call it IMMUNITY ANYMORE!! They call it…vaccination!!!
My God offers IMMUNITY. Real Immunity Exodus 23:25 says, “Worship The Lord and he will bless your bread and water. I will remove sickness from among you.”
SO Worship The Lord and when you get sick, He will make you better and you will not pass on your sickness to OTHERS! My kid PROTECTS your kid from getting sick because HE worships The Most High God, the Creator. This is Immunity. Not your fake god in a Vile made with Human Hands!
(the flu shot according to the cdc is 66% USELESS) That’s not 100% immunity. After all the CDC’s Motto is 24/7 Saving Lives/Protecting People.
Now my email is [email protected]
Matt may I ask if you’re Vegan, environmentalist and Pro-Life? You said that “every commandment is equal to the others, and breaking it one is breaking them all” Thou shalt not Harm/Kill/Murder.
Great post!! Thanks for sharing!
Nice article, but this is wrong? “But the Bible says we should submit to governing authority.” Yeah, but the governing authority gives me the right to a religious exemption (cite your statute again for their enjoyment) and you are to submit to God over governing authority. (Cite your verse.)
Check out the following on a truthful analysis of what Paul actually meant:
http://www.preparingyou.com/wiki/Romans_13
http://hisholychurch.org/sermon/romans13.php
http://www.hisholychurch.org/sermon/dearpastorromans13.php
Daniel, I’m not arguing that your citations are right or wrong. I am addressing a commonly quoted statement that a Christian might encounter when attempting to get a religious exemption.
Ok WOW. Daniel has done so Serious Exegesis in regards to “authority”. We may have us a Theologian here!
Well done. Now a Text out of Context is a Pretext and All of the Book of Romans leads us up to Chapter 16. I’ll not get into that here as I am Very long winded.
So let me take a single obscure Bible Verse and tell me what you think Daniel.
Exodus 23:25 NIV
“25 Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,”
Apply this to the Belief that Immunization is Contrary to your Religious BELIEF – to only OFFER Worship only to God.
Now apply what Thomas Aquinas, a Founding Father of the Faith, said…”Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.”
Add a touch from the Founding Father of the USA, James Madison from 1785 in his Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments
“The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right. It is unalienable, because the opinions of men, depending only on the evidence contemplated by their own minds cannot follow the dictates of other men: It is unalienable also, because what is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator. It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be acceptable to him.”
If you keep reading in that paragraph found here, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163 then you will see the LEGAL answer to your question…
Remember it is the Principle that was established in 1905 in the decision of Jacobson V Massachusetts 197 U.S. 11
THIS IS WHAT YOUR FIGHTING AGAINST. THIS IS THE REASON WHY YOUR FORCED TO BE IMMUNIZED AGAINST YOUR CONSCIENCE.
“The police power of a State embraces such reasonable regulations relating to matters completely within its territory, and not affecting the people of other States, established directly by legislative enactment, as will protect the public health and safety.”
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/
But does Exodus 23:25 not say that WHEN we get sick we Worship God and then God Provides the Immunity against Death and Disease by giving us HIS BLESSING that is upon our food and water?
Wait, so is it not God who offers Immunity against Disease? Interesting?
So to protect the Public Health And Safety, we MUST worship God. God will remove sickness. If I am not sick, then I can not Pass my sickness on to SOMEONE ELSE! This is HERD IMMUNITY. BUT if I do not worship God then I do not get his Blessing and Then I will remain in my sickness and INFECT those around me. Can it be said that if I go against my conscience and get Immunized I SIN!!!
Well sinning is the OPPOSITE of Worshiping! Thus God will remove His Blessing and I will remain in my sickness and be a DANGER to the Public Health and Safety.
THEREFORE…I MUST NOT BE IMMUNIZED TO … SAVE…THE… W O R L D.
This fulfills the Law of Jacobson V Mass 197 U.S. 11 (1905) known as the Principle. Worship to God protects the Health and Safety of the Public.
Tell me what you think… [email protected]
Yashi
Hi,
Thank you for all your wonderful advice. I have to have my daughter registered for school by Friday. We’re in NC. I would love help in writing this letter for religious exemption if possible.
email me at [email protected] and I’ll help you. Please do not fill out anything regarding NY State Title 10 CCR section 66.
Please tell me if its pre school PreK or Kindergarten.
Yashi.
Yashi, what do you mean do not fill out anything regarding NY state title 10 CCR 66? Could you elaborate? Should the law NOT be mentioned at all in a religious exemption? I ask before i go ahead and right my religious exemption out and add that in. Thanks in advance.
Thank you. You are awesome.
I’m not sure if you may know this or not but would a religious exemption hold in court? For 7 yrs my son’s father & I have forgone vaccines knowing how harmful they are, not only from extensive research but from watching my nephew be vaccine damaged & regress into autism. Now at the age of 10 my son’s father is trying to force us to catch him up on all his vaccines. We will have to see a judge & I am grasping for anything right now that might protect my son. A religious exemption is the only thing I can think of that might hold any water. I’m in Nevada so I know they are acknowledged but not sure about a judge being able to overturn it.
Hey Megan I left a comment last month and would like help with writing or getting a exception letter for my daughter who will be starting daycare this week in GA. Please help I’m in desperate need of guidance as my fience and I don’t meet eye to eye on vaccinating. He’ll start school soon it provides daycare.
Megan,
I just wanted to thank you again for the information you provided. My daughter followed your advice and her university accepted her religious exemption.
Thank you.
Theresa
Ok so I have two vaccine injured children that the doctor states are fine and vaccines could not jave caused their issues. So im in Ga. And would love help writing an religious exemption. Please im so weary about tjis whole thing.
Great post. Thank you!
Thank you for this post! Simple explanations – I love it! One question, is it enough to cite the Bible verse for your reasons, or should I type each one out?
Hi Pam,
Thanks for the reading!
I can’t guarantee this for all places but usually citing the verse is sufficient. 🙂
Yashi here…
The Spirit has shown me a “Bible Verse”.
Before I get into that, does anyone know “WHY” immunizations are forced upon people?
It is because of Jacobson V Mass 197 US 11 (1905)
“The police power of a State embraces such reasonable regulations relating to matters completely within its territory, and not affecting the people of other States, established directly by legislative enactment, as will protect the public health and safety.”
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/
So we fight against this “Principle that Sustains Compulsory Vaccination” , that is to say, the Principle is to Protect Public Health and Safety.
Now to a Bible Verse.
Exodus 23:25 NIV
“Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,”
Therefore, if you “believe” God wants you NOT to be Immunized, as it is God’s Will for your life, then this is a form of Worship.
Thus, because you “worship”, God’s Blessing will be upon you and you Protect The Public Health and Safety! Thus when you get sick, God swiftly removes the sickness from among you as you continue to Worship Him! This fulfills the Principle because if your not sick then you can not infect those around you!
BUT if you go against “God’s Will” for your life and you Get Immunized then God will Remove His Blessing upon you and when you get sick you will remain sick and Infect EVERYONE. You will be Endangering the Health and Safety of the Public and spread the sickness to Everyone!
Worship is a Sacred Act.
Yashi.