Via #BusinessInsider June 5, 2026

A #SoftwareEngineer Won a #ReligiousExemption From Using #AI at Work

Some people have interpreted the #pontiff's letter as grounds for religious objections to using AI in the workplace. It's a stance that carries real legal weight, given that federal law requires employers to consider faith-based requests.

https://www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-religious-exemption-using-ai-at-work-2026-6

She won an exemption from using AI at her tech job. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.

Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.

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You shouldn't be able to claim "religious exemption" to engage in behavior that harms others around you.

Can you get a religious exemption to go bow hunting in a crowded shopping mall? Or a religious exemption to drive backwards at top speed on a highway during rush hour?

And where in the Bible is there a mention of vaccinations anyway? Just stop with this nonsense already and do the responsible thing.

#Measles #ReligiousExemption #SouthCarolina

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article314665793.html?giftCode=6e546070cb9fe0c5b046d480e7b1ee5fad15735fb9a9a666934f083a305d17dc

#RFRA Challenge to #Connecticut Removal of #ReligiousExemption from #School #Vaccines Survives

In We the Patriots #USA, Inc. v. State of Connecticut Department of #Education, (CT Super, Dec. 16, 2025), a Connecticut state trial court dismissed on #sovereignimmunity grounds a number of state #constitutional and statutory challenges to Connecticut's removal of #religious #exemptions from its school #vaccination requirements.

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/12/rfra-challenge-to-connecticut-removal.html

RFRA Challenge to Connecticut Removal of Religious Exemption from School Vaccines Survives

In We the Patriots USA, Inc. v. State of Connecticut Department of Education , (CT Super, Dec. 16, 2025), a Connecticut state trial court di...

7th Circuit: Plaintiff Must Allege More Than Conclusory Statements of #Religious #Belief to Get #ReligiousExemption

In Troogstad v. City of #Chicago, (7th Cir., Dec. 9, 2025), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of #freeexercise claims by a #ChicagoFireDepartment employee who was denied a religious #exemption from the city's #Covid19 #vaccinemandate.

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/12/7th-circuit-plaintiff-must-allege-more.html

7th Circuit: Plaintiff Must Allege More Than Conclusory Statements of Religious Belief to Get Religious Exemption

In Troogstad v. City of Chicago , (7th Cir., Dec. 9, 2025), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of free exercise clai...

WV students can attend school with religious exemption to school vaccine law, judge rules • West Virginia Watch

West Virginia families who have a religious to the state’s school vaccination requirements must be allowed to attend school, a judge ruled.

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TST Proudly Announces America’s Newest Abortion Clinic will open June 14th in Maine.

We are excited to share that The Satanic Temple (TST) is set to open a new telehealth abortion clinic in Maine this summer! The President's Yuge Most Beautiful Tremendous Satanic Abortion Clinic will officially launch on Donald Trump’s birthday—June 14th—providing telehealth abortion care throughout the state. As you k

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NEW STORIES: #SeparationOfChurchAndState -

Onward #Christian Soldiers: Your #Bible Just Keeps Getting Better

#MicheleBachmann Spreads False #ChristianNationalist #History

Local #ChurchState Separation Group to protest #NationalDayofPrayer, Thursday, May 2nd

Dispute over #Satanicclub in #Tenn. #school goes to court

Denial of #ReligiousExemption from #VaccineMandate Did Not Violate Title VII of #Constitution

How an #Ohio group is bringing #God back to #publicschool

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Denial of #Teacher's #ReligiousExemption from #CovidVaccine #Mandate Is Upheld

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2023/07/denial-of-teachers-religious-exemption.html
In In re Matyas v. Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, (NY County Sup. Ct., July 11, 2023), a New York trial court rejected a teacher's challenge to the #DepartmentofEducation's denial of an #exemption from its #Covid #vaccinemandate.

Denial of Teacher's Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate Is Upheld

In In re Matyas v. Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York ,  (NY County Sup. Ct., July 11, 2023), a New York...

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