Navy SEALs’ religious exemption challenge now class-action suit

Published January 24, 2022 6:13pm ET



The law firm representing the nearly three dozen Navy SEALs who successfully sued the Department of Defense over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate has amended the complaint to make it a class-action case.

First Liberty Institute altered the suit on Monday and noted that should the judge rule in its favor, it would “protect every U.S. Navy service member who requested a religious accommodation from the vaccine mandate.”

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