A federal judge in Georgia granted an order to temporarily block the vaccine mandate on February 15th in support of an Air Force officer whose request for a religious exemption to vaccination was denied. In fact, the judge noted, calling it an “abysmal record,” that the Air Force had not granted ANY religious exemptions to anyone.
U.S. District Court Judge Tilman Self III said in the order, “Although the Air Force claims to provide a religious accommodation process, it proved to be nothing more than a quixotic quest for Plaintiff because it was by all accounts theater.” He then noted, “But even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten.”
The judge concluded the order saying he was “unquestionably confident that the Air Force will remain healthy enough to carry out its critical national defense mission even if Plaintiff remains unvaccinated and is not forced to retire.”
The judge has then granted the complainant’s motion for a preliminary injunction.
