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Bill would end religious exemption for vaccines
A state assemblyman has introduced a bill to toughen New York’s vaccination law by eliminating religious exemptions for parents seeking to enroll their children in school, setting up a debate within his own party over whether the government should challenge the sincerity of a religious conviction.
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, a Democrat from the Bronx, said he doesn’t believe the vast majority of parents taking advantage of religious exemptions are truly devout.
Instead, he said, “they have bought into the garbage that these vaccinations can cause autism. That’s a lot of crap.”
Who do these public servants think they are? We don’t elect them to rule over us and judge the sincerity of our religious convictions! We elect them to serve us and protect our rights — whether our rights be the majority or minority viewpoint!