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Many faith leaders wary of religious exemptions for vaccine

FILE - Senior Pastor Robert Jeffress addresses attendees at First Baptist Church Dallas during a Celebrate Freedom Rally in Dallas on Sunday, June 28, 2020. While some Americans have been seeking religious exemptions in order to circumvent COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Jeffress says, “Since there is no credible biblical argument against vaccines, we have refused to offer exemptions to the handful of people who have requested them." (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) FILE - Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and others participate in a moment of silence, Monday, June 14, 2021, at the Shul of Bal Harbour, a Jewish community center in Surfside, Fla. Lipskar says he tells congregation members that COVID-19 vaccination should be a matter of free choice. “But I always recommend that they get a medical opinion from a competent professional,” he added. “In a serious matter, they should get two concurring medical opinions.” (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) FILE - Pope Francis delivers the Angelus noon prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Although some Americans have been seeking religious exemptions in order to circumvent COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Francis has defended the vaccines as “the most reasonable solution to the pandemic.” (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)