Maggie Siddiqi: Covid-19 vaccine and mask mandates expose Christian hypocrisy. - NBCNewsTHINK
that the principle of religious freedom means they should be exempt from following lifesaving measures.We shall see if the same Christians who have been so vocal on anti-vaccine “rights” will come to Amos’ defense.filed a lawsuit this month against the finance advice company
for refusing to accommodate his Christian beliefs. Those beliefs, he noted, required him to take lifesaving measures in the face of a deadly pandemic to protect his high-risk family members from infection. Amos claims that, in response, he was mocked and later fired for wearing a mask, attempting to socially distance and requesting to work from home.
We shall see if the same Christians who have been so vocal on anti-vaccine “rights” will come to Amos’ defense. Personally, I doubt it. Because for many on the religious right, religious freedom only matters if it supports a right-wing political agenda. Indeed for years, extreme-right Christian groups have been misusing religious freedom to do everything from
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