To whom it may concern, According to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an employer must not discriminate against an employee on the basis of that employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs. Healthcare employees have the right to decline vaccination, if the vaccine is against the employees religious
belief. I am requesting a religious exemption for the influenza vaccine due to my religious beliefs
and obedience to God’s law.
The Bible teaches us to be responsible for the health of our body and take good care of it, as it is
the temple of the Holy Spirit. According to the Bible in verse 1 Corinthians 3:17, “if anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple”.
I feel that taking the influenza vaccine would go against God’s word due to the questionable and
unknown ingredients found in the vaccine that could potentially harm and/or alter God’s temple. Vaccines may contain ingredients that are not biblically kosher such as pork, shellfish, etc. and some even contain aborted fetal tissue which goes against God’s law regarding abortions (thou shall not kill, and even while you were in your mother womb, I knew you , and knew the plans I had for you). My body is a gift from heaven, and I put my full trust in God to protect me from illness and disease. The Book of Genesis states that God created man in His image. It is my belief that God knew what he was doing and the body of many needs no fixing by mankind. I see vaccines as fixing, but I cannot improve on God’s creation. Numerous religious scriptures tell us humans to trust in God and his creation.
The above is an explanation of my sincerely held personal religious beliefs. I don’t ask that you agree with these thoughts, but under the law I respectfully request that they be honored as truthful and legally permissible. Based on what I have shared, I ask that this religious exemption to be approved. Paulina Ziobro
