Dear John,

Please contact your representative now and tell him or her to become an original co-sponsor of the GRACE Act, and support the free exercise of religion in all 50 states!

Four states have made religious exemptions to vaccination illegal and similar actions are being discussed in state legislatures around the country. While public health policy is constitutionally given to the states, any state public health law must be in line with the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, which provides the right to free exercise of religion.

The GRACE Act (Guaranteeing Religious Accommodation in Childhood Education Act), introduced by Congressman Greg Steube (R-FL), seeks to restore the alignment between the First Amendment and state public health law. By cutting federal education funds to states that deny citizens the right to a religious vaccine exemption, states planning such actions will need to choose between honoring religious liberty or being denied federal funding. This bill incentivizes states denying religious exemption to vaccination to end this unconstitutional practice, and ensures that states planning to deny it in the future will think twice before doing so.

While there are currently only four states that completely forbid religious exemptions, this accounts for 20% of all American children; over 14 million children and their families are being denied the right to practice their sincerely held religious beliefs. We must end this persecution.

The GRACE Act will not require any state to have a religious exemption, but it will cut federal education funding to any state that denies its citizens the right to a religious exemption to vaccination. 

Simply use the button above to urge your representative to co-sponsor the GRACE Act and help protect every child’s right to both religious freedom and a quality education!

In truth,

The Children’s Health Defense Team