Liberty Counsel Questions Biden Administration’s Use of Database of Religious Exemption Applicants

Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, says that 55 federal departments and agencies now track people who applied for religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Staver questions the reason for creating such a database, saying it’s like a blacklist to purge people of faith. Liberty Counsel is a Christian legal organization fighting for religious freedom. A recent notable case is that they represent 35 Navy members, many of them SEALs, against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

A federal court granted an injunction against the mandate in January, and a federal appeals court stayed the injunction last month. “There should be no reason to permanently archive whether any individual asked for a religious exemption. That is none of the government’s business, and there is no good purpose for which to use that information,” Staver told NTD’s “The Nation Speaks.” On Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an executive order requiring COVID-19 vaccination for federal employees. …