Florida Catholics slap down state AG by rejecting religious vaccine exemptions
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佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·乌斯迈耶致信该州天主教主教，要求天主教学校接受基于宗教理由的疫苗豁免，否则将威胁削减其资助。州内天主教教区明确表示支持疫苗接种，不承认反对疫苗的神学依据，仅接受医疗原因豁免。主教们驳斥了总检察长对教义的理解，强调其立场缺乏依据，并拒绝屈服于行政压力。
Florida's attorney general got a fiery rebuke and some ecclesiastical schooling from the state's Catholic bishops after he boldly threatened to block funding to Catholic schools unless the church bends to the state's anti-vaccine policies—policies allegedly intended to uphold religious freedom.
On July 31, Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a questionable letter to the bishops regarding exemptions to school vaccination requirements. Florida law requires public and private schools to allow vaccination exemptions based on religious grounds. But Catholic schools in the state do not accept religious exemptions; Florida's Catholic dioceses support vaccination and recognize no theological argument against it. The schools only accept exemptions based on medical conditions that are verified by a healthcare provider.
Uthmeier, himself a Catholic, wrote to the bishops in an open letter that, based on his own understanding of Catholicism, he saw "no legitimate religious reason to refuse granting religious exemptions." He reviewed select theological positions regarding the use of "abortion-derived vaccines," and suggested to the bishops that it was "morally reprehensible" that they not grant religious exemptions.
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