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
Amazing article, may I ask what statutory codes one would use in NY to apply for religious exemption to vaccines. I currently can’t find one, thank you
NVIC.ORG would have your state exemption information, including the statute. 🙂
State Stat Law is 2164. Title 10 CCR (Volume A-1a) is the state Code that can be ignored.
Email me at [email protected] and I’ll help you craft a letter.
3 days ago, I just got word that my help secured an Exemption for another person in New York State.
Praise El Elyon!!!!
Yashi
Or just go to the codes themselves..
https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/undergrad/documents/2164.pdf
That is the State Stat Law
Title 10 CCR is subject to this law..it is officially known as Volume A-1a section 66.3
found here…
https://regs.health.ny.gov/content/section-69-310-religious-exemption-immunization
or article 47.25 if your in a day care.
Both Article 47 and Title 10 are subject to State Stat Law 2164. State Stat Law 2164 is then Subject to Federal Statutes
Proof of the 2164 authority is found on this page
https://regs.health.ny.gov/volume-1a-title-10/1172263168/part-66-immunizations
Statutory Authority
Public Health Law, Sections 2164, 2165, 2168
On the Federal stage you have President Trumps Exe order https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-05-09/pdf/2017-09574.pdf
resulting in https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1001891/download
THIS THING OF BEAUTY!!!!
yASHI
Thank you for such an informative post.
My daughter will be attending a university in NJ this fall. Is a letter of religious exemption from vaccines for universities basically the same as a letter of religious exemption from vaccines for grades K-12? She is an adult and will be drafting her own letter but I want to make sure that she gives the right amount of information. I’ve read that letters should be short and make the point as to why her beliefs do not support vaccination but after reading your post I see that you’ve included several biblical quotes to support that belief. I just want to make sure that her letter is as effective as possible. Would you suggest that she includes just a few important biblical references? Or is more better? I wasn’t sure if your post was aimed predominantly at younger individuals or if you would you use a similar format to request a religious exemption from vaccines at universities, especially for students who will be living on campus?
Given the fact that she will be living on campus, we want to be sure that she has written the most effective letter possible, giving the right amount of information to support her beliefs. I think her main concern is reading that sometimes you can give too much information that can work against you but we don’t know exactly what that means. Any insight or advice you can provide would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Yes, you do not forefit your Civil Rights to go to University. letters should not be short. they should quote the laws and how them trying to establish your religion to be used against you is illegal.
you have the Right to Worship as you see fit in the usa. have her search Jacobson v mass 1905 and buck v bell 1927 and Civil right act Title VII subtitle II section 201, 202, 203 and Smith V Employment Division. Also The Memorial and Remonstrance against Religios Assessment James Madison 1785. yes 1785.
President Trump had the Attorney General office issue a Religious Memorandum last year. it outlines 12 Principles. principle 2 is very well written. i carry a copy of this memmo, yeah im weird, in my man bag every day.
yashi
Yashi,
Thank you for your help! I will have her search the information you provided as well as reading the information myself. We want to make sure she gets her letter correct so I really appreciate your advice.
Theresa
Thank you for this article! Now the “Please Explain” section of the vaccine exemption form for my two private school kids reads: “We choose to exercise the right as parents to object to vaccinations on religious grounds.” I wanted to include the word “Boom,” but I didn’t! 😆
Because to put your Faith, Hope and Trust in Vaccines made with Human Hands to being about Immunity from Death and Disease instead of trusting in God to grant Immunity is contrary to your Religion. You Believe that Immunization is a form of Worship to a False god of Immunity. God alone has the power over life and death. To worship anything other than your God is a SIN. The wages of sin is death.
Wow you are so helpful here!! I have a new born born at home in the state of Georgia. Any resources and direction to what I do after writing my letter and having it notorized? Do I file it somewhere in court? Also I don’t plan on getting him a SSN I want to authenticate him as a live being that belongs to me not the state. Any guidance on the legalities of that would be helpful as well. Again thank you for your help and kindest regards.
Um, the child, later in life, must pay taxes as part of a Police Action. Not giving your child to the Authority of the Powers over him is NOT what Paul Teaches in the bible in the writing to the ROMANS.
What I am hearing is that you do not want the child to even exist to the outside world. So not you are not going to get anything from me that could help you hide your child under a rock. This sounds like your not setting your child up for success.
If your not even going to recognize the authorities why would you even write them a letter? Seems kinda stupid to bow down to one authority and ignore the other.
We Abide by THE LAW. We Recognize their Power over us and how God teaches us to be UNDER the Authority of Powers that God has set up. Obama was in power because God set it up that way. Trump is in power because God set it up that way. So either way, we Obey the Laws and support those in Power not because we want to, but because we HAVE to as a DUTY to the Creator.
God knows what He is doing. I disliked Obama but Prayed DAILY (sometimes twice) for him! I did NOT want to pray good things for Obama but I did because God required it. Its called Obedience out of Love for my Savior!
The Prayers I offered Never ONCE changed Obama but they DID change me. I was not filled with Hate but compassion. I really wanted God to make a break-through in Obama’s life and then here came TRUMP!!!
So no I will not help you unless your willing to recognize the powers that be and become obedient to them EVEN when you think they are wrong. Not getting the SSN is abusive in my mine. Cant even open a bank account for them without it. What are they going to do when they reach the age to do things for themselves? Will they have to pay back taxes? Are they even going to get a Job? Even McDonalds requires a SSN.
Your selfishness boggles my mind. Why are you giving your child a snake?
yashi
Wow how rude and ignorant your Social Security statement is! It was never intended to be use for anything other than the original intent and you can refuse to participate in the system. Her child can get an EIN or TIN number when it becomes an adult to accommodate the taxes he/she believes he/she is legally liable to participate in, which only matters really, if you voluntarily fill out a W2 or W4 or 1099. It’s a fallacy that one has to participate in the system as it’s currently setup, which may not even exist when her child turns 18.
My Bad never ment to upset or to be rude just was addressing what you said, “a live being that belongs to you.” reminded me of my relationship to my beloved Dog Chloe that I just had put down. She was a great living being that belonged to me and had no social security number either. She was 16. I miss her…
We don’t abide by the first amendment anymore? That the government should not infringe on religious beliefs. The Bible says to do as the world law say but not if it is against Him . It’s about freedom of religion and having rights the government has no right to tell you what to do with your child. They can’t tell you not to kill your child (abortion) but they can tell you to inject them with poison and do it even if it’s against everything you believe do they infringe on Muslim beliefs ? Or Scientology? No just Christian beliefs. I’ll pray for you. God Bless
I am going to get all “religious” on you. Matthew 17:24-27
Why did Jesus Caesar and Also Pay the Temple Tax when NONE was required by the “CHILDREN of GOD”? This is why Christians are called the “Children of God” by the way.
Jesus Said Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and Give to God what is God’s. In other words, if the Government requires you to get a Social Security Number, then Jesus says, DO IT because it is with this number you pay the TAX. If there is a TAX that is NOT required, PAY that too.
Ok now lets get LEGAL. There is a “WAY” or a “PATH” legally to get an EXEMPTION. WHY are you telling people to BREAK the LAW?
Breaking the Law’s of MEN is a SIN. TEACHING people to SIN is even WORSE. Don’t you know that “teachers” will be held to DOUBLE the Punishment!!!
I am subject to 2x the Punishment because I am “TEACHING” others to get an exemption. I do not take it LIGHTLY that I am “SCREWING” with peoples LIVES!
WHAT happens if I am WRONG!!! Then I fail and People and they HAVE to get IMMUNIZED!
If your Wrong, then and someone “HEARS” your voice and Rejects the LAW then the LAW will not only Immunize those kids but Enact the POLICE POWER to remove those kids from their PARENTS.
I STRONGLY suggest you keep your sin to yourself and Pray that the Holy Spirit Convict you and you Pray for Forgiveness.
Nothing I say gives me ANY Financial GAIN. I don’t want Recognition I want to teach a way to get a Religious Accommodation because the LAW ALLOWS it not because I wish it does or think it does.
Yashi
I do not believe you will find much solace here. We believe in following the laws not in ignoring them.
To deny your child a SSN number because you want your child to belong to you is a fallacy in your mind. The Police Power of the Federal Government is an amazing thing. Testing this Power is not advised and neither is not living in reality.
Your child is subject to the constitution and this constitution affords you certain rights and denies you others based on these police powers.
So, do the right thing. Get them the SSN and bring them to checkups. Sign forms denying Immunization so there is a Record that your Genuine and Sincere and have yours and your kids best interest at heart.
Hi Megan & Yashi! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with all of us!!! I have a (very) High Functioning Autistic 8 years old son that I have been homeschooling since he was 5. He has never been in regular public school, only in an Early Learning Center (daycare-preschool) when he was 3 years old to 4 1/2 year old. We live in NYC, we’re Vegan, we don’t use any kind of drugs prescribed or otc, only natural plant based supplements/medicine. He was partially vaccinated against my will once when he was born and the second and last time when he was 7 months old). I have decided to register my son to start school this September but I know that I’ll get in trouble because he’s not updated with his vaccines. I don’t want to vaccinate my son, that’s not an option for us. I would like to ask if you could help me, please, writing a Religious Exemption. As you can tell, English is not my first language and I’m scared that I won’t use the right wording to make this letter. Thanks in advance for all your help.
Email at exemption help and I’ll help you.
yashi.
Your Law is NYS Health Law 2164. Google it.
Thanks Yashi, I emailed you now.
I will be going to the health department here in Tampa, FL to get religious exemptions for my kids. My older two are vaxxed and my youngest only had the 2 month shot. I will need for him to be able to go to the CDC on base and i know they take religious exemptions but they have to be approved by the Directorate person. Anywho, my question is do I need to write a letter before I go on to the heath department requested the religious exempt? Like what is the letter for? For the public schools or more so for obtaining the exempt form? Thanks.
Hi we live in CA which doesn’t allow religious exempt. What can we do? Thanks
Ivy – Since you can’t do a religious exemption in California. Seek a Medical Doctor that will do a medical exemption. Dr Stoller in San Fran is against Vaccines and does medical evaluations – http://www.jabevalscalifornia.com. Also, consider stopping by the FB site Stop Mandatory Vaccination created by Larry Cook – he is awesome. We all help on there mothers looking for medical exemptions. Also, on FB is California Against Mandated Vaccines. Lots of mommas can help locate a doctor to write the medical exemption as there is no way around it – you must have one to avoid vaccines. here are the links:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/StopMandatoryVaccination/ &
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472519509725752/
Ivy
Can you Email me at [email protected]
I can guide you through the Federal Statutes that will show SB 277 is not in Compliance with Article VI Paragraph 2 of the Constitution.
Yashi.
I just want to remind people that in New York State Title 10 Section 66 is NOT legally binding. It has a Statutory Authority. https://regs.health.ny.gov/volume-1a-title-10/1172263168/part-66-immunizations
This means that when you get the Request for Religious Exemption to Immunization form quoting 10 NYCRR section 66.1-3(d) you do not have to fill it out to get your exemption.
This form says that “Its purpose is to establish the religious basis for your request”. It is against Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VII Sub-Title II section 203 for the Government to attempt to “intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person with the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege” for the sole purpose of denying your request to a Religious Accommodation. https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/thelaw/civil_rights_act.html
They are handing these forms out like candy hoping law abiding Religious People will simply fill out the form so they can be denied. Why else design the form?
The kicker is the form makes it “seem like” a government official is the some one will contemplate in their mind if your religion is genuine and sincere and thus worthy of a Religious Exemption. This implies that this same someone will allow one religion to get an exception but choose that a different religion is not worthy in their mind because they “feel” their Faith is not sufficient!
Sounds like grounds Religious Segregation, Religious Prejudice and Religious Discrimination all in one tidy package.
This is your law for new york state https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/undergrad/documents/2164.pdf
I found this quote about the difference between CCR’s and Statutory Laws…
“Unlike common law, which is subject to interpretation in its application by the court, statutory laws are generally strictly construed by courts. Strict construction means that courts are generally not able to read between the lines of a statute in order to liberalize its application. Rather, they will be bound by its express terms. ”
https://www.hg.org/statutory-law.html
No certificate of Immunization is Required therefore, NONE WILL BE GIVEN.
So no need to fill out the exemption form, good to know! My child’s school has requested a letter from the church, in letterhead, attesting my beliefs. I do not attend a specific church and haven’t had any luck with getting someone to write one for me. Is there a FB page where I can possibly find someone I can get to write it? Also, do they call or do some sort of check on the church? are they even allowed to request such a thing? I am in NYC. my child will be attending prek.
look your seeking a personal religious exemption. this is about personal Worship, not corporate. if you give them a pastors letter then they have tricked you and established your religion. once they know your corporate religon, they will say that the corporate church allows immunizations, as all of them do, and then say you have to be immunized because of the Principle established in 1905 with jacobson v mass. that ruling says that a police action can force immunizations in your personal body for public health and safety. buck v bell 274 US 200 1927 took it further with Eugenics and said this principle is broad enough to cut out the reproductive organs of 65000 women in government run institutions so they could be raped and toutured without having a baby! These two laws have never been overruled.
But in 1964 the Civil Rights Act Title VII subtittle II section 201,202,203 narrowed the police power to force a medical procedure in your body if it was against your personal, NOT CORPORATE, religion as outlined in Smith V Employment Div 1990.
so, read more on Megan’s blog and you will find a form letter or email me at [email protected]
once you submit a letter from your pastor its very hard to get the exemption without threatening to sue them.
Exodus 23:25 Worship The Lord your God and He will bless your bread and water. He will remove sickness from among you.
Therefore, your abstaining from the act of Immunization helps protect the public health and safety through your act of Worship to your God. But if you get Immunized against the Will of God as you understand it, known as Spiritual Apprehension, then you ALWAYS sin. This act of sin does not bring the Lord’s Blessing and is a threat to public health and safety. Afterall, this IS THE PRINCIPLE.
Yashi
Incredible information!!! Grateful to have found it!
Does anyone have any specific advice on the proper way to handle the new laws in New Jersey?
Yes, I found a sample letter (on experimentalvaccines.org), updated it to our current law (there’s a link on the page) and included a lot of what’s in this article. Our law was updated in 2011 to make it harder to get religious exemptions. They took the phrase “persons charged with implementing administrative rules should not question whether parents’ professed religious belief is reasonable, acceptable, sincere or bonafide” out. So now our religious exemptions must “explain how vaccines conflicts with bonafide religious beliefs”. Hope this helps any NJ residents!
Hello! And thank you for this post, I need to make some flash cards in case I am questioned by my son’s private school. I am not good in pressured situations like these, but I feel so strongly about defending his rights! Anyway, my question is regarding the letter – why is everyone writing letters? Why not just check the religious exemption box, sign, date, and send it to the school? Is the letter because the school comes back and tries to deny the exemption?
Appreciate any thoughts on this matter. And again, THANK YOU for this exceptionally helpful post.
“The Letter” is written because there is no “BOX” to check.
What is happening is that the “state” is ignoring Federal Statutes.
So lets take California for example. Gov Brown signed SB 277 into Law in California. This law prohibits – exiles – relegates – segregates – whatever word you want to use, Religious Objectors to home schooling.
See it is illegal NOT to school your kids, they MUST go to school or the state will take your kids away in a Police Action supported by the Courts.
But the state wants everyone Immunized because they BELIEVE that Everyone MUST be Immunized to get Immunity. So if there is ONE person in the school NOT immunized then that ONE person will infect EVERYONE and leave NO ONE with Immunity and EVERYONE DIES!!!
Its called Collective Salvation. Unless your Immunized from, name the disease here __________, then everyone will get that disease and DIE!!!
So basically someone who has been Vaccinated has 0 Immunity if they are around someone who has not been Vaccinated.
This is absurd. Either you ARE immune or your not. If you had the MMR shotsss (3 of them) then there is NO way my kid can give you measles!!! unless of course this vaccine DOES NOT WORK!!!
So recap, NO Box to check for Religious Exemption and what is worse, its not even a RELIGIOUS person trained at a RELIGIOUS SCHOOL that gets to ESTABLISH if YOUR RELIGION is worthy of an exemption!!! Its a Medical DR that is a Government EMPLOYEE – they give the DR the License to practice and WORK in your SCHOOL – this NON RELIGIOUS WORKER decides what is unalienable TO THEM!!!!
I mean COME ON. Even the House of Representatives has a CHAPLIN. I’ll bet you there is NO PUBLIC school in the USA who has a CHAPLIN on staff to decide RELIGIOUS MATTERS!!!
How does a person go about documentation re exemption based on being Vegan? I am relocating to US from the UK & my daughter has never had vaccines so far (she is 16) she has had chicken pox naturally as a small child so is immune to that disease (that’s a start!) Any help greatly appreciated! Oh, forgot to mention we will be living in Florida.
Here is what I uncovered…
“…a vegan may, depending on the evidence, have a legal ground for claiming that her veganism qualifies for the same protection as a sincerely held religious belief.”
https://verdict.justia.com/2013/03/06/is-veganism-a-religion-under-anti-discrimination-law
You can thank Francis Galton, who promoted a vision of a secular religion based on the principles of evolution and eugenics in 1907 to the EEC.
“Galton suggested that the term ‘religion’ could be applied ‘to any group of sentiments or persuasions that are strong enough to bind us to do that which we intellectually may acknowledge to be our duty, and the possession of some form of religion in this larger sense of the word is of the utmost importance to moral stability.””
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001825/#FN39
Google says a religion is….”a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance.”
As you see they are the SAME.
Julian Huxley and Francis Galton, who promoted a vision of a secular religion based on the principles of evolution and eugenics.
So if Veganism is a Strongly Held Personal Belief that you ascribe to be of UTMOST importance, then by definition, Veganism IS a religion.
But how do you define it as such in someone else’s mind? Is there a “higher” power involved? Is it the Spirit of the Living Creature violated by killing it and eating it?
I dont know and can not answer that.
Is it a Religion. I believe so. People will Die for this cause. Should a Police Action as outlined in Jacobson v Massachusetts 197 US 11 (1905) be used to force you to immunize?
“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/case.html
I don’t think you can be immunize against your “will” under the law.
I would argue that some people believe that the Medical Procedure called, Immunization is no different than a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order.
You can not use a medical procedure to prolong someone’s life if it is against their “will” even if someone else believes it will save their life! People believe that the use of a Police Action to have people forcibly immunized against their will is acceptable because it will protect the heath and welfare of society. Thus your subjected to Medical Procedures Against your Will on the one hand. But on the other hand if I have a DNR and you pull me out of a pool, you can not save my life knowing I have a DNR.
The result is The Government OWNS your body and will dictate by a Police Action on what medical procedures you can and cant object to. Its Discrimination.
Like Buck V Bell 294 U.S. 200 (1927). Carrie Buck had her reproductive organs cut out of her because of a Police Action. Carrie Buck was forced to have a Medical Procedure to Save Society and not have children should she be raped again in a Government Institution!
Seems self serving for the Government not to take action to bring the rapist to justice and then to pass a generational death sentence (Eugenics) on her offspring and use a Police Action to carry out its dirty work under the guise of protecting the Health and Safety of Society.
As for doccumentation, you need the government forms filled out and the fees paid in advance or on the spot during the interview.
So I’d download the papers for the waiver cause your going to get denied. An I-690 for being inadmissible should be filled out just in case and the fee planned to be paid, just in case your Interviewer does not accept your letter for an Accommodation,
Now I am NOT a Lawyer at all and seems weird for me to be talking about Immigration Laws! BUT I have 2 things in common here. I am Canadian and came here with a Religious Workers Visa and obtained Permanent Residence Status. I filled out my OWN forms with my wife’s help – she is SUPER smart with forms.
I also have a Religious Exemption from immunization for my son to attend public school in New York State because I LOVE reading about Laws and History.
I am assuming your filling out the USCIS I-485 and have sent in your fee. Have you done the bio-metrics and Physical?
If you look at that (I-485) there is NO place for immunization. What is asked under the defined rules and codes is that if you are seeking an Accommodation but ONLY if you are asked! You may not even be asked. If you are, then you can get an accommodation on either MORAL or RELIGIOUS Objections. So yours would be MORAL.
Your letter needs to show that you object to 1) All Immunizations 2) your Sincere 3) your views are strongly held
So write a letter and bring it with you to your interview after your Biometrics and Medial Exam.
Email me [email protected] and maybe I can help with sample letters but I would strongly advise getting legal council who is familiar with this because you do not want to mess this up and I can not represent you.
Yashi.
My daughter will be starting Kindergarten this September. We live in the state of MA and i know they accept religious exemptions but I just dont know how to write one out, could you help me please??
First thing I would do, not being from MA, is to search Immunization Exemption Laws for MA. So in tool bar, search “MA Immunization Exemption Law”. Then hiT Search.
The first hit is this…https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXII/Chapter76/Section15
Then Locate the ACTUAL name of the law so you can Quote it in a letter.
CoMA Part 1 Title XII Chapter 76 Section 15 Paragraph 3 says this,
“In the absence of an emergency or epidemic of disease declared by the department of public health, no child whose parent or guardian states in writing that vaccination or immunization conflicts with his sincere religious beliefs shall be required to present said physician’s certificate in order to be admitted to school.”
Paragraph 2 says when to send in the letter. “…Such certification shall be submitted at the beginning of each school year…”
Therefor, you will give the school a letter at the start of the school year that relays what your strongly held Personal Religious views are.
If you would like help putting together your thoughts on what a religious exemption is feel free to contact me at [email protected]
Yashi.
Hi Zuri! I too am from MA and my youngest is starting kindergarten as well. Have you wrote your letter yet? Any help you can provide me is greatly appreciated.
So I am applying to a university in Tennessee and all I need for a religious exemption according to their health department is a notarized form saying that it goes against my religious practices and beliefs. I have a few questions since I am not against all vaccinations I have had some in the past. I went to my local health department and discussed with them the ingredients of the one vaccination I didn’t have on their required listed and I was actually shocked, and I don’t feel comfortable putting that into my body, it goes against what I believe is right. It’s actually a second dose of something I’ve already had, can they claim that the signed statement is not true since I’ve had one of the immunizations in the past ? They have my history of what I’ve had in the past. I’m very conscious of what I put in my body since I was given a trial series of vaccination when I was a teenager which turned out to be really bad for you after a study. It doesn’t say anything on their website about having to write a letter about what I believe in? And Tennessee laws are vague.
You can not make an objection to an Immunization based on ingredients that the STATE has deemed safe through studies by the CDC.
A Police Action will be brought against you to force you to immunize to protect the Health and Safety of Society.
That is known as “THE PRINCIPLE”.
The Government has the RIGHT to violate your personal body and subject it to Medical Procedures against your will.
This is the LAW.
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/case.html
Never been overturned but it has been narrowed.
So you can have a Religious Objection granted for you in a Place of Public Accommodation under Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VII Sub Title VI section 201.
TITLE II–INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
SEC. 201. (a) All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, and privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.
As for your past, you can have a religious epiphany at any moment that can explain away the past. This is defined as a sudden and striking realization that prompts you to new actions or a new way of life leaving the past behind, be it from an hour, a week, a month, or years.
If you need help writing a letter, contact me at [email protected]
Yashi
Maryland only offers religious exemptions. We have so far gotten the single-dose Dtap, Hib, and Prevnar vaccines. But we do not want any more and would like to apply for religious exemption going forward. Any suggestions for explanation for why we changed our minds?
You’ve had a sudden and striking realization! Known as a religious epiphany. Poof the past is gone.
Hi there,
This is very helpful information. Would it be a crime to copy down the exact instructions on my exemption form?
You can certainly use this as a template for your exemption form. 🙂
Help your self this is Megan’s Blog and lets me help in any way I can. Use anything or nothing but Please do not say your religion when getting a Religious Exemption.
Yashi.
Hello ! My son is 5 years old , he is about to enter kindergarten in NY. I have read that NY is the hardest state to get a religious exemption in. Do you have any suggestions on how we should proceed? Thank you so much !
I can help you write a letter to your school, a place of public accommodation regarding a Religious Exemption in that place of public accommodation that you can give the school on your childs FIRST day of Mandatory Education. In New York State it is the LAW that every child attend school.
[email protected]
Your laws are
Federal Statute – Civil Rights Act Title VII sub-title VI Section 201 https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/thelaw/civil_rights_act.html
and
State Statutory Law 2164 section 5 (for when to send the letter) and section 9 claiming the exemption.
https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/undergrad/documents/2164.pdf
It should only take one letter in a perfect world, but will/may take or 3 letters. Mine took several more since I did not know what I was doing.
I have my exemption for my son in New York State and I am willing and able to help anyone of any “religion” to get the exemption.
Yashi thank you so much! How can I get your help to write this letter?
Hello Yashi,
Me and my wife have gone ahead and written an exemption letter that was denied because they stated that she had our son receive his first few vaccines. Any help would be appreciated. He’s been out of school for almost 3 months now.
Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH…. I can’t convey my gratitude adequately. Just…. Thank you.
I’m Wiccan and I can’t find a form to fill out for no immuniZations from school can u help me?
How many times have I said, never say your Religion to get a Religious Exemption.
First let me say as a follower of EL ELYON, The MOST HIGH GOD and I firmly believe that all things IN HIM came into Being. My Wisdom comes from ONLY from El Elyon.
Now El Elyon has sent you to me. Therefore, to HONOR my GOD and show you LOVE from my GOD, I’ll help you.
I do not approve of your “religion” but this is a LEGAL matter you seek. Hate is from the Devil and I am fighting him back right now. My personal Feelings do not change WHO my God is because while I was still a Sinner, He loved even me.
So in the Name of El Elyon and by His Power with the Knowledge that the Universe has bestowed on me by a sacred blessing I call upon you to email me at [email protected] and tell me what state you live in and some “personal” experience with being Sincere in your fight against Immunization.
I will prove to you that my Religious Jurisprudence is sufficient to save you from Immunizing your son. I “know the mind of the Supreme Creative Force”.
Thank El Elyon and Praise Him for what He is about to do in your life.
Yashi
Hi megan my name is veronica i have 2 boys a 5 year old and a 3 yr old and i have a personal exmption for both but there pre_k teacher is telling me that when i enroll my 5yrold to kindergarten in september that no kindergarten class will except the exemptions they already have and im in the state of utah so iam aware that i can get a religious exemption but im not so sure how to begin or if her information is even true can you help me with some useful websites and info please and thank you.
Ps. I love you and yashis information iam so grateful for all that you both enform us with and thank you for your time.
Your school teacher is mistaken. Utah offers all 3 exemptions. Now you might have to fill out a new one every year, but you don’t need the religious exemption. Here’s the link, click Utah, and fill free to inform her of your legal rights. 😉
https://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements/utah.aspx
Megan – Utah is in trouble but I think I found the Statutory Authority and it is NOT what the State wants us to believe it is! Can your Legal Friend look at this to see if I am correct? If I am, then I can construct a letter for people in Utah that will Neuter 53G-9-302-303-304
________________________________________________________
Utah will have new health Laws come into effect on July 1, 2018
http://www.immunize-utah.org/information%20for%20the%20public/immunization%20recommendations/exemptions.html
This will NOT apply to you!! None of it. You need to write a letter to the school and tell them your applying for a Religious Accommodation in accordance with https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26A/Chapter1/C26A-1_1800010118000101.pdf
Utah Code Chapter 1 Local Health Departments Part 1 Local Health Department ACT
Section
26A-1-124 Religious exemptions.
This part does not authorize a local health department to impose on any person any mode
of treatment inconsistent with the creed or tenets of any religious denomination of which the
person is an adherent, provided the person complies with sanitary and quarantine laws, rules, and
regulations.
CLAIMING AN EXEMPTION
A parent may claim an exemption to immunization for medical, religious, or personal reasons, as allowed by Section 53A-11-302 of the Utah Statutory Code.
THERE needs to be a NOTWITHSTANDING clause! There isn’t. Therefore, 53A-11-302 is Illegal and not compliant with Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VII Sub Title II section 201.
53A-11-302. Immunizations required — Exceptions — Grounds for exemption from required immunizations
(3) A student is exempt from receiving the required immunizations if there is presented to the appropriate official of the school one or more of the following:
(c) a statement that the person is a bona fide member of a specified, recognized religious organization whose teachings are contrary to immunizations, signed by one of the following persons:
http://www.immunize-utah.org/information%20for%20the%20public/immunization%20recommendations/exemptions.html
I think we can use Article VI Paragraph B to counter any state law in reference to Federal Statute 1964 Title VII sub-title II paragraph 201. This should work all the way to the Supreme Court and since people do not have to “Pay” for Lawyers and Court Fees, this is a Viable Option.
No State law can Usurp your Civil Rights to be free from discrimination of your religion in a Place of Public Accommodation in order to segregate you from your school – kick you out of school because you hold religious convictions contrary to theirs.
For the Betterment of the Whole world, the “principle that sustains compulsory vaccination” has already been proved to be prejudiced against our religious rights when they sterilized 65,000 people in government care after Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendel Holmes Jr’s decision in Buck V Bell 274 U.S. 200 (1927) evolving Eugenics.