After Maine Denies Religious Rights with Vaccine Mandate, Health Workers Ask Supreme Court Again

(CBN) The Liberty Counsel has filed a new brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the religious rights of 2,000 health care workers in Maine.

Their case is against the state's Democratic Governor Janet Mills, officials of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and five of Maine's largest hospital systems.

According to the Christian religious rights law firm, Maine is ignoring federal law by removing religious exemptions and accommodations from COVID vaccine mandates for health care workers, many of whom have already been terminated from employment.

In addition, these workers cannot simply walk across the street to a different health care provider to obtain alternative employment. Gov. Mills has created a situation where no religious objectors to the COVID shot can obtain employment in the state, the Liberty Counsel said in a statement.

Resolve Lower Court Decisions

The Maitland, Florida-based law firm also called on the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the splits in the circuits and the lower courts. Only Maine, New York, and Rhode Island have state executive orders banning employers from even considering the sincere religious beliefs of employees.

Gov. Mills also threatened to revoke the business license of any employer that granted an employee a religious exemption, thus ordering employers to disobey the federal law known as Title VII.

Liberty Counsel argues that states do not have the authority to order employers to disobey Title VII federal employment law that prohibits religious discrimination.

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Story by CBN News.