The Marine Corps granted two religious exemptions to the military's Covid-19 vaccine mandate, making it the first and only military branch to grant religious exceptions since the requirement went into effect in August
In its weekly Covid-19 update, the Marine Corps said it had received 3,350 requests for religious exemptions and had processed 3,212 of them. But for the first time, the Marine Corps said it had granted two of the requests. The service offered no additional information about why these specific requests had been granted.Each of the services has received several thousand requests for religious exemptions to the military's vaccine mandate.
Some Republican governors have refused to implement the mandate for their state's National Guard units, asserting that they have the authority to reject the federal military mandate.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, one of seven Republican governors to challenge the mandate, sued the Biden administration over the requirement, arguing that it was"unlawful" for the Pentagon to try to override his authority of the state's Guard members.
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