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Her employer had made compulsory vaccination for all employees, but expressly allowed exceptions for religious and medical reasons.

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A court in the US state of Michigan has awarded $12.7 million in damages to a woman who refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19 for religious reasons and was therefore fired. This reports Fox News.

Lisa Domski worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as an IT specialist for 38 years. A federal court in Detroit ruled that she was discriminated against on religious grounds. Her employer rejected her request for an exemption from the vaccination requirement for religious reasons. Domski has said the vaccination is incompatible with her Catholic faith.

Domski’s lawyer Jon Marko says his client has been working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. This fact alone should have been enough to exempt her from the vaccination requirement, as she was not a risk to anyone.

After Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan introduced mandatory vaccinations in October 2021. Exceptions were expressly provided for religious and medical reasons.

Domski then sent a written statement to her employer in which she explained her religious beliefs. The letter also included contact information for her priest and parish. But her employer didn’t follow up on this and instead fired Domski, says Marko.

In court, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan claimed that it had no knowledge of Domski’s religious beliefs, even though she explicitly mentioned them in her letter and also provided contact information for verification.

The court awarded her $10 million in punitive damages, another $1.7 million in lost wages and $1 million for “non-economic damages.”

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan responded to a request from Fox News Digital announced that they were disappointed with the verdict. The legal options would now be examined, which would determine the next steps.

Marko says he represents another 170 people for wrongful termination who are suing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan for the same reasons as Domski.

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In Germany, “democratic” politicians are untouchable. The judges of the Federal Constitutional Court and the state constitutional courts are appointed by politicians. “Why should I bite the hand that feeds me?” That’s why nothing happens. There will be no resignations. The “Best Germany of all time” doesn’t need that. Nothing will change after February 23, 2025. A Federal Chancellor Merz will be in the same rush as his predecessor Scholz. In 2021 we wanted it that way and in 2025 we will want it that way again. No matter how the elections turn out. GDR sends its regards. Unfortunately, 1989 will not be repeated.

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John 14,6 15 hours ago

10 million in punitive damages for religious discrimination!

The American legal system understands whoever wants it – sorry, let alone COMPENSATION – unthinkable for us!

The fact is that we have had people, including scientists, doctors, soldiers, discriminated against and legally persecuted (house searches, confiscations, expropriations, imprisonment) who refused vaccination, warned others and tried to protect patients from masks and vaccination.

People are STILL in custody because of this, others have left the country. And Lauterbach is not telling the truth:

“No soldier is in prison because he refused the corona vaccination – at least that’s what Health Minister Karl Lauterbach claimed on Wednesday (October 17th) in the government survey. A claim that doesn’t stand up to a fact check: with the imprisoned senior sergeant Alexander Bittner from Bavaria at least one case is publicly known.”
The article contains a very interesting report on how vaccination refusers (and those who have been vaccinated) fared in Germany!

www.nius.de/news/lauterbach-will-von-impfverweigerer-im-gefaengnis-nichts-wissen-mir-waere-es-neu-tatsaechlich-dass-irgendein-soldat-derzeit-im-gefaen

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Versusdeum 16 hours ago

And in Germany? Nothing!

And this despite judicially determined breaches of the law and the constitution (first Bavarian lockdown!), political decisions against the advice of science (“follow the science” exposed as a blatant lie in the RKI protocols) – and not in favor of children in particular, the elderly and the sick and the economy, but to their detriment! And? Fine? Resignations? Prison sentences? Nothing. Not even an apology from Söder, Lauterbach & Co

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Do you believe that the ruling against the doctor was fair and justified, given the circumstances and the potential risks to her patients and their families? What are your thoughts on the broader issue of religious exemptions and mandatory vaccinations in⁣ the medical ​field, particularly in light⁤ of recent debates about vaccine hesitancy and public health ​concerns? Additionally, what kind of measures do you think German lawmakers and health ⁣officials could implement to address the ongoing pandemic while also respecting individuals’ civil liberties and religious⁤ beliefs?