{"id":18218,"date":"2022-03-29T23:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T23:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/29\/navy-barred-from-acting-against-religious-vaccine-refusers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:12:11","slug":"navy-barred-from-acting-against-religious-vaccine-refusers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/03\/29\/navy-barred-from-acting-against-religious-vaccine-refusers\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy barred from acting against religious vaccine refusers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. District Judge Reed O\u2019Connor had in January&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/2022\/01\/04\/navy-blocked-from-acting-against-35-covid-vaccine-refusers\/\">issued a preliminary injunction<\/a>&nbsp;preventing the Navy from disciplining or discharging 35 sailors who sued over the Navy\u2019s vaccine policy while their case played out. On Monday, O\u2019Connor agreed the case could go forward as a class action lawsuit and issued a preliminary injunction covering the approximately 4,000 sailors who have objected on religious grounds to being vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2022\/03\/26\/supreme-court-gives-biden-win-for-now-in-navy-vaccine-case\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21112833594507.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Supreme Court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Navy may consider sailors\u2019 vaccination status in making deployment, assignment and other operational decisions while a lawsuit on the military&#039;s vaccination mandate plays out in court.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O\u2019Connor said the larger group of sailors shared common characteristics with those who had sued. They had asked for and been denied an exemption to the vaccine requirement on religious grounds and were facing the threat of being discharged from the Navy, O\u2019Connor wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven though their personal circumstances may factually differ in small ways, the threat is the same \u2014 get the jab or lose your job,\u201d wrote O\u2019Connor, who was nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last year&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/01\/21\/it-cost-millions-to-recruit-train-new-troops-being-booted-for-vaccine-refusal\/\">made vaccinations mandatory for service members<\/a>. More than 99% of the Navy\u2019s active duty force has been vaccinated against COVID-19, and the Navy has also discharged 650 people for refusing to be vaccinated. Navy guidelines allow for exemptions to the vaccine requirement on religious and other grounds, including medical reasons and if a service member is about to leave the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawyers for the group of sailors who sued, most of them Navy SEALs, argue that the Navy had&nbsp;granted hundreds of exemptions for medical and administrative reasons&nbsp;but granted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/12\/02\/the-navy-hasnt-approved-any-religious-exemptions-for-sailors-seeking-to-avoid-covid-19-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\">no religious exemptions for active duty and reserve service members<\/a>. Nine inactive reserve members have been granted religious exemptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Berry, the director of military affairs for First Liberty Institute, which is representing the sailors, said in a statement following O\u2019Connor\u2019s action that it\u2019s \u201ctime for our military to honor its constitutional obligations and grant religious accommodations for service members with sincere religious objections to the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the case is still at an early stage, the U.S. Supreme Court in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/2022\/03\/25\/supreme-court-gives-biden-win-for-now-in-navy-vaccine-case\/\">a brief order<\/a>&nbsp;Friday narrowed the impact of O\u2019Connor\u2019s original injunction, saying that the Navy could still consider the vaccination status of the sailors who sued in making deployment, assignment and other operational decisions. O\u2019Connor\u2019s latest injunction allows the Navy to consider vaccination status in making those decisions about members of the larger group as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/21\/21A477\/217841\/20220307123349362_21A%20Texas%20Navy%20SEALS%20stay%20app.pdf\">President Joe Biden\u2019s administration had argued<\/a>&nbsp;that not allowing the Navy to consider vaccination status in making assignments posed \u201cintolerable risks to safety and mission success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNavy personnel routinely operate for extended periods of time in confined spaces that are ripe breeding grounds for respiratory illnesses, where mitigation measures such as distancing are impractical or impossible,\u201d Biden administration lawyers wrote. \u201cA SEAL who falls ill not only cannot complete his or her own mission, but risks infecting others as well, particularly in close quarters, including on submarines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Lolita C. 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