Conscience Rights & Religious Freedom

Conscience Rights and Religious Freedom

The documents posted below provide background information and historic context on issues related to religious liberty in the military. For several decades, military chaplains and people of faith have found themselves confronted with mandates that conflict with personal convictions, ethics, and/or religious faith. The following article address these issues:

2024:

During the years when the nation’s economy was virtually shut down due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the military issued orders that many people of faith objected to on religious grounds. Congress eliminated many of the orders in 2022, but many military people were discharged or not recruited if they objected to mandatory COVID shots.

CMR: NDAA for 2024: The Good, the Bad, and the Incomplete

CMR: CMRPolicyAnalysisJanuary2024.pdf (cmrlink.org)

P.J. Media: Defense Secretary Austin Still Refuses Justice to Unvaccinated Military

2023:

Daily Caller: The Pentagon Mandated COVID Vaccines, But Then Ignored Concerns About Adverse Reactions, Whistleblowers Say | The Daily Caller

WFIN Local News: Ted Cruz to reintroduce bill reinstating military members fired over vax mandates: ‘We will keep fighting’

DoD: Public Affairs Guidance – Rescinding the Covid 19 Vaccination Mandate

2020:

Elaine Donnelly, The Federalist: Bostock Ruling Shouldn’t Make the Military a Transgender Free-For-All

CMR: Supreme Court Ruling Does Not Make Case for Repeal of 2018 DoD Policy re Transgenders in Military (website version)

CMR: Supreme Court Ruling Does Not Make Case for Repeal of 2018 DoD Policy re Transgenders in Military

2014: