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December 17, 2025

Breaking: Children’s Health Defense Sues DOD Over ‘Sham’ Religious Exemption Policies

The lawsuit accuses the U.S. military of enforcing a “two-part strategy” to deny virtually all religious accommodation requests from service members and recruits. CHD alleges the military’s policy for granting religious exemptions to recruits is “ambiguous.” For acting service members, the process for obtaining a religious exemption from vaccines is a “sham” and “largely theater.”

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