Wed Feb 8, 2023 – 1:23 pm EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (LifeSiteNews) — A Christian hospital employee is suing her former employer for religious discrimination after losing her job for refusing to accept the COVID-19 vaccine.
Tina Moore filed a lawsuit against Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on January 22, arguing that she was unjustly fired for objecting to the shots on the grounds of religious beliefs.
“Moore alleges that Defendant engaged in intentional discrimination against her when it failed to provide her with a reasonable accommodation because her sincerely held religious beliefs conflicted with a work requirement and instead terminated her,” the complaint states.
For more than 24 years, Moore worked as a surgical scheduler at the Columbus hospital. In August 2021, employees were notified of a requirement to “be at least partially vaccinated by February 14, 2022, and fully vaccinated by March 15, 2022, or have an approved religious or medical exemption by March 15, 2022.”
In February 2022, prior to the deadline to adhere to the first part of the mandate, Moore submitted all required paperwork to request a religious exemption. An email
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