Hey Bacchants!

I’m working on writing up a slew of religious accommodation and exemption letters. Here’s the list so far. If you have an idea for a religious need not listed, please drop a comment.

Temple of Dionysus — Religious Accommodation Needs

* Recognition of self-identified name and pronouns as sacred identity

* Freedom of expression in clothing, hair, and personal adornment

* Right to community, social interaction, and communal worship

* Protection from enforced isolation or solitary conditions

* Access to nature and direct sunlight on a regular basis

* Right to disconnect from digital systems for prayer and reflection

* Freedom to engage in creative expression (music, poetry, art) as worship

* Bodily autonomy and rejection of invasive digital tracking or monitoring

* Conscience-based exemptions from conflicting activities or procedures

* Right to decline compelled religious oaths; use of secular affirmations

* Adherence to Xenia (hospitality): ability to offer aid without interference

* Protection from xenophobia, discrimination, or forced participation in such environments

* Right to perform or ensure proper funeral rites and honors for the dead

* Accommodation for religious holidays and festival observance

* Permission for religious dress, veiling, grooming, and dietary practices

* Access to ritual materials (oils, resins, candles where safe) and clergy support

* Right to sacred grounding (barefoot practice) where reasonably safe, at own risk

* Right to periods of silence and withdrawal from overstimulating environments

* Recognition of chosen family as equal to biological kin for visitation/support

* Right to maintain natural consciousness; refusal of mind-altering intervention

* Recognition of divine inspiration and religious ecstasy as valid, non-pathological states. Protection from punishment or .intervention absent immediate risk of harm

* Use of sacramental intoxicants as part of religious practice (particularly off-duty / private).Protection from punitive measures based ritual sacramental use

* Freedom from invasive testing (urine, blood, hair, DNA) even in connection to substance use, fertility, and ancestry.

* Refusal of Forced Participation in modern Warfare or forced labor to aid modern warfare.

* The right to rest and relaxation.

~ Creative Director, Alyx the Amused

As a reminder, we are an officially registered 501(c)3 nonprofit religious organization recognized in all 50 states, and have signed the Xenia Declaration.

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7th Circuit: #Chicago's Reporting Requirement for #Employees During #CovidPandemic Were #Constitutional

In Kondilis v. City of Chicago, (7th Cir., Dec. 2, 2025), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by City of Chicago employees who had been granted #religiousexemptions from the #Covidvaccinemandate that, nevertheless, the reporting requirements imposed on them violated their #freeexercise and #equalprotection rights.

https://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/12/7th-circuit-chicagos-reporting.html