AL Political Reporter: “The Alabama Legislature approved a bill Thursday that would allow for employees to file for medical or religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine.
The religious exemption gives employees an exception simply for “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
So not very many Alabamians should be checking that box.
A Pew Research Center study of religious demographics among adults found that 86 percent self-identify as Christians while 12 percent identify as unaffiliated.
A 2013 study by Vanderbilt University found almost no Christian faiths have a theological objection to vaccines (before COVID-19 politics could taint the figures).
The denominations that do have theological objections to vaccines include the Dutch Reformed Church, Faith Tabernacle, Church of the First Born, Faith Assembly and End Time Ministries.
In the Pew Research Center study, these rare religious offshoots don’t even warrant mention alongside other faiths accounting for less than 1 percent of the population.”