DISCOURAGING: Have we lost the First Amendment and all rights associated with it

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Appeals Court: No First Amendment Right to Religious Exemption From Vaccine Mandate

  • The appeals court also rejected the plaintiffs’ privacy and medical freedom, equal protection, and childrearing arguments.

Posted by Terrance Kible Friday, August 11, 2023 at 09:00am 10 Comments

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A federal appeals court ruled in Connecticut’s favor in a dispute over the state’s removal of the religious exemption to its vaccine mandate. Connecticut law mandates vaccinations for “schoolchildren, college and university students, and childcare participants.”

The plaintiffs objected on religious grounds “to us[ing] or benefit[ing] from the use of aborted fetal cells” from stem cell lines used to produce some vaccines.

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Addressing the childrearing argument, the appeals court acknowledged parents’ right to “the care, custody, and control of their children” but held the childrearing claim could not exist independent of the First Amendment claim, which the appeals court already rejected.

We The Patriots USA vowed “to file for en banc review at the Second Circuit, giving all 13 judges an opportunity to review this decision.” Festa pledged to “appeal to the United States Supreme Court” if unsuccessful before the Second Circuit again.

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CommoChief | August 11, 2023 at 9:17 am

Any Amish, Mennonites, Quakers in the 2nd Circuit? They about to be told to sign up for selective service among other things based on the logic of this opinion. If a compelling State interest applied in a neutral manner is all it takes to override religious belief/freedom of conscience exemptions there’s a whole lot of new room for the State to require all sorts of things.

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I find this stunning!

I can’t think of any more basic right then the rights recognized by the First Amendment.

While I disagree with “incorporation” that somehow makes the States subject to the Bill of Rights, if that is the “playing field” we are on, then surly the First Amendment covers the issue.  The plaintiffs are being enslaved right before our eyes by a tyrannical State Gooferment.

What comes next?

Clearly, Massachusetts residents need to move to New Hampshire.

And, the rest of us need to prepare to do battle on this issue in our own States.  Since tyranny doesn’t stop with one State.

Argh!

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