Eugene School District Shocking Email Discussing Religious Vaccine Exemption Requests

Someone shared the below October 6, 2021 email which was sent to employees of, and by, the Eugene, Oregon School District 4J. Commentary on this email is below.

Email from Euguene, OR School District

From: Human Resources

Sent: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 20:54:57 -0700 (PDT)

Subject: COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Exception Request

Hello.

We are writing to let you know that we are continuing to process your request for an exception to the vaccine mandate, and working to ensure that by October 18, the district and all 4J employees are in compliance with the new vaccine law. https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=280616

Every request for medical or religious exception that was received from a staff member is being carefully reviewed and considered by a review team. Each employee counts, and each request is considered based on individual circumstances. This process will take time.

Once your request has been assessed, you will receive a response granting or not granting your exception request, and outlining your options and next steps for moving forward.

Possible accommodations and alternatives may include unpaid leave, reassignment to a lower-contact position, and/or enhanced safety measures required at all times on the job and on school property.

Although we are still reviewing your individual request, we are able to provide information about our interests and process.

The district must prioritize the health and safety of our students and staff, and protect the continuity of learning for students, while accommodating the sincerely held religious beliefs and medical needs of our staff. As such, we are making every effort to ensure that any limited exceptions to the vaccination requirement are based on sincerely held religious beliefs and/or medical documentation. We also must consider whether an exception or an accommodation would create an undue hardship for the district and those we serve.

There are narrow valid reasons that a person may not be able to get vaccinated. Some requests have been granted, some denied.

We have conferred with medical experts about medical reasons for exceptions, and we are considering requests for religious exceptions to ensure that they reflect sincerely held religious beliefs, not merely personal, political or other views. The team is not approving requests for religious exceptions that do not state a religious basis for the request. Examples of views that generally do not constitute a religious basis include:

• Statements about free will.
• Statements against compulsory laws.
• Arguments that the law is unconstitutional or otherwise illegal.
• Statements that the vaccine is unsafe or unproven.
• Personal objections to the use of fetal cells in medicine.
• The vaccines approved for use in the United States do not contain any fetal cells or tissue. No fetal cells or tissue are used to produce the vaccines.
• Fetal cell lines created decades ago were used in the testing of the vaccines. Cells from the same line are multiple decades and thousands of generations removed from their origin, and were used in the development of many common medicines, such as Tylenol, Advil, Aspirin, Claritin, Benadryl, Pepto-Bismol, Mucinex, Tums and Prilosec, among many others.
• Personal objections to abortion, and to medical research and development using fetal cell lines that may have been developed from a past abortion, may be a matter of conscience and political views, and not be based on religious beliefs.

The number of requests for exceptions was more than anticipated, and the process to review and consider each exception thoughtfully and individually is taking time. As soon as we have a response to your request, we will follow up with you, individually and confidentially, by email.

We understand that people have varying and strongly held views and beliefs, and that this has been a difficult decision for some of our staff. The last day to get a vaccine to be fully vaccinated by October 18 has now passed, but the district continues to work with individuals on a transition plan should they choose to become vaccinated. COVID vaccines are readily available at no cost at weekly vaccine clinics hosted by the district every Wednesday, vaccine clinics by Lane County Public Health, and from many local pharmacies and providers.

We sincerely appreciate each of you. Thank you for your patience and participation in this process.

Eugene School District 4J
Human Resources

Commentary

1. They are looking to deny your religious exemptions when they can and here is how.
• The author is accurate by saying your exemption should “reflect sincerely held religious beliefs, not merely personal, political or other views.”
• The statement that “Personal objections to the use of fetal cells in medicine” may be partially accurate because your religious exemption should be based on sincerely held religious beliefs, not personal objections.
• Therefore, if you wrote a letter for your religious exemption that has objections mixed in it which are clearly not religious, you should expect that they will very likely deny your exemption request. See below for what you can do.
2. The information about fetal stem cells is not accurate. See the following:
• See Neb. Med., You asked, we answered: Do the COVID-19 vaccines contain aborted fetal cells? (Oct. 7, 2021), https://www.nebraskamed.com/COVID/you-asked-we-answered-do-the-covid-19-vaccines-contain-aborted-fetal-cells
• See Children’s Hosp. of Phila., Vaccine Ingredients—Fetal Cells (Last visited Oct. 7, 2021), https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccine-ingredients/fetal-tissues
• See Project Veritas’ whistleblower fifth video report at https://www.projectveritas.com/news/pfizer-leaks-whistleblower-goes-on-record-reveals-internal-emails-from-chief/ . Here is an excerpt of what a Pfizer employee said about Pfizer trying to cover up the use of aborted baby DNA in the development of the vaccines: “In another email thread, Gelman doubled down on being secretive about this information. We have been trying as much as possible to not mention the fetal cell lines…One or more cell lines with an origin that can be traced back to human fetal tissue has been used in laboratory tests associated with the vaccine program, she said.”
3. This statement in the email from the school district is cleverly deceptive. It says, “Personal objections to abortion, and to medical research and development using fetal cell lines that may have been developed from a past abortion, may be a matter of conscience and political views, and not be based on religious beliefs.” Of course, this could be true based on a “personal objection.” But your objection may ACTUALLY be because of your sincerely held religious beliefs. EMPLOYEE BEWARE! You are being set up for a trick. If you have sincerely held religious beliefs that using aborted baby cells to even test or develop a vaccine, tell the employer this and DO NOT let them trick you into thinking that this is merely a political view. They actually think are stupid for having such a view and that it is not religious. Since this school district (and maybe your employer somewhere else) may plan on interviewing you, be on your guard! Don’t be fooled. Stick with your sincerely held religious beliefs. Make this known. You could even tell them that what was done is cannibalism and is against the Ten Commandments in the Scriptures since this is murder and despicable.
4. What should you do if you have inadvertently included more than sincerely held religious beliefs in your letter requesting an exemption? YOU SHOULD CONSIDER FIXING YOUR LETTER. Now is the time to send in another letter clarifying what you believe and that you do hold sincerely held religious beliefs and that your opposition to the vaccines is based on the fact that you are sinning against God if you receive them into your body. In your clarification letter, do not use any references to personal views, your conscience, political views, medical safety views, or anything else not specifically religious.

What Should You Do If You Are Interviewed?

• First, you need to know that the employer is not allowed to determine if your religious views are valid. All that counts is that you have sincerely held religious beliefs.
• If you can afford to do so, bring an attorney with you to the meeting.
• Whether or not you have an attorney present, give answers that are based on scriptures and do not be fooled into giving personal views, your conscience, political views, medical safety views about the vaccines, or anything else not specifically religious. DO NOT LET THEM INTIMIDATE YOU! AND, DO NOT LET THEM TRICK YOU INTO SAYING THINGS THAT ARE NON-RELIGIOUS.

Rest assured, the US Supreme Court has issued opinions that are on your side. You can have unpopular, or even abhorrent, religious views. So long as they are sincerely held religious beliefs, they are protected by the 1st Amendment. See Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993),

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