08-03-2021, 10:12 PM
My state's Governor has reinstated a state-wide mask mandate as of a day or so ago -- the city of New Orleans had done so days before that.
The AG has just released two form letters that he's suggested people to use, if they don't want to have their children wear masks or be vaccinated... effectively, to help them evade the requirements. (He very carefully states that he is NOT giving legal advice... yeah, right.)
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...afb93.html
The two letters are to make objections on either religious or philosophical grounds. Here's info about the religious letter:
"Landry’s religious exemption form letter comes from a Christian perspective. It cites several passages from the New Testament of the Bible — which is not significant for Jews, Muslims or people in most other faith traditions.
'I believe that Christians are called to communicate God’s words and message of love to the world. See Luke 9:2,' reads one portion of the form letter.
'I do not consent to forcing a face covering on my child, who is created in the image of God,' reads the form letter Landry suggests his employees use. 'Masks lead to anti-social behaviors, interfere with religious commands to share God’s love with others, and interfere with relationships in contravention with the Bible.'
In the letter, Landry said parents and grandparents should also object to children being forced to take a COVID-19 vaccine on the grounds that the nation’s vaccine program is a 'medical experiment.' The letter also states people should object to vaccine mandates because the vaccines available in the United States were developed using 'fetal stem cell lines' derived from abortions decades ago."
(... this despite the fact that the Pope has told Catholics that they SHOULD take the vaccine, even though it may have been developed using fetal cell lines, because the church believes in saving lives... which the vaccines do.)
And here's info about the philosophical letter:
"In the philosophical exemption form letter, Landry takes a different approach. He argues that federal disability laws allow parents or guardians to object to a school’s mask or vaccine mandate — though it’s not clear how. The letter doesn’t explain why a child whose family doesn’t want him or her vaccinated would be entitled to the same treatment as a child with a disability.
The philosophical exemption letter goes on to say that families could object to school mask mandates on the grounds that face coverings impose 'risks on my child’s mental and emotional health by hindering verbal and nonverbal communication.'
Landry also suggests in this form letter that cloth masks do not help cut down on transmission of the virus. The statement goes against what months of research has suggested about the spread of COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control is recommending people wear cloth masks in public spaces."
(More info here: http://lailluminator.com/2021/08/03/loui...trictions/)
Ugh. Just ugh.
(He's also threatened to sue VCOM, one of the state's medical schools, over their mandating that students must be vaccinated to attend...)
:facepalm:
The AG has just released two form letters that he's suggested people to use, if they don't want to have their children wear masks or be vaccinated... effectively, to help them evade the requirements. (He very carefully states that he is NOT giving legal advice... yeah, right.)
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...afb93.html
The two letters are to make objections on either religious or philosophical grounds. Here's info about the religious letter:
"Landry’s religious exemption form letter comes from a Christian perspective. It cites several passages from the New Testament of the Bible — which is not significant for Jews, Muslims or people in most other faith traditions.
'I believe that Christians are called to communicate God’s words and message of love to the world. See Luke 9:2,' reads one portion of the form letter.
'I do not consent to forcing a face covering on my child, who is created in the image of God,' reads the form letter Landry suggests his employees use. 'Masks lead to anti-social behaviors, interfere with religious commands to share God’s love with others, and interfere with relationships in contravention with the Bible.'
In the letter, Landry said parents and grandparents should also object to children being forced to take a COVID-19 vaccine on the grounds that the nation’s vaccine program is a 'medical experiment.' The letter also states people should object to vaccine mandates because the vaccines available in the United States were developed using 'fetal stem cell lines' derived from abortions decades ago."
(... this despite the fact that the Pope has told Catholics that they SHOULD take the vaccine, even though it may have been developed using fetal cell lines, because the church believes in saving lives... which the vaccines do.)
And here's info about the philosophical letter:
"In the philosophical exemption form letter, Landry takes a different approach. He argues that federal disability laws allow parents or guardians to object to a school’s mask or vaccine mandate — though it’s not clear how. The letter doesn’t explain why a child whose family doesn’t want him or her vaccinated would be entitled to the same treatment as a child with a disability.
The philosophical exemption letter goes on to say that families could object to school mask mandates on the grounds that face coverings impose 'risks on my child’s mental and emotional health by hindering verbal and nonverbal communication.'
Landry also suggests in this form letter that cloth masks do not help cut down on transmission of the virus. The statement goes against what months of research has suggested about the spread of COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control is recommending people wear cloth masks in public spaces."
(More info here: http://lailluminator.com/2021/08/03/loui...trictions/)
Ugh. Just ugh.
(He's also threatened to sue VCOM, one of the state's medical schools, over their mandating that students must be vaccinated to attend...)
:facepalm:
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