I'm writing as a 28 year Air Force veteran who served my country with distinction protecting the sacred rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.  This includes honoring sincerely held religious beliefs on vaccines that utilized fetal cell lines in their creation.  The 1st Amendment protects Freedom of Religion and this has also been codified in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The unvaccinated are not a health threat to those already vaccinated; hence, the reason for the vaccine.  Some elected leaders are using Covid-19 to fundamentally alter the relationship between the US government (federal and state) and The People by mandating efforts that are unnecessary and unconstitutional and this needs to stop.  No state or local official can infringe upon the rights we have as Americans.  I ask that you continue your Constitutional duty of protecting religious liberty through exemptions.

Respectfully,

John Henley