Wed Apr 6, 2022 – 6:22 pm EDT
DENVER (LifeSiteNews) – Attorneys representing more American service members against the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates filed another appeal, arguing that a lower court failed to adequately consider the law, the facts of the case, and relevant precedents that have allowed other members of the U.S. Armed Forces their day in court.
Last August, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed the secretaries of all military branches to “immediately begin full [COVID] vaccination of all members of the Armed Forces” and “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.” The vast majority of service members complied, but tens of thousands remain unvaccinated, with many seeking exemptions.
Several thousand have secured exemptions for non-religious reasons, but the military has been largely unwilling to approve religious exemptions to the shots, all of which were either developed or tested with the use of fetal cells from aborted babies. In December, the military began discharging soldiers for vaccine refusal. The conflict has provoked several lawsuits.
Represented by attorney Todd Callender of the Disabled Rights Advocates law firm, Army Staff Sergeant Daniel Robert and Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Holli Mulvihill filed a lawsuit in August against
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