Ex-State Worker Sues New Jersey for Being Denied a Religious Exemption for COVID Vaccine

A man who worked with disabled men for 15 years at a state facility in South Jersey is suing the Murphy Administration for abruptly deciding it would no longer honor the worker’s request to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds, a not-for-profit law firm representing him said on Wednesday.

The lawsuit accuses the state-run facility of “recklessly and arbitrarily” denying the employee a reprieve from coronavirus vaccine requirements.

Woodbine agreed to give Kuan Bowleg a pass for the flu vaccine last year when he cited his beliefs as an adherent of the First Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the lawsuit filed in state Superior Court in Cumberland County, where he resides. The administration even allowed him to forgo the COVID-19 vaccine when it became widely available in early 2021. Bowleg wore protective equipment and tested regularly, according to the lawsuit.

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