This is an exemption letter for immunizations taken from the internet. It revolves around 
the Catholic Church .. 11-4-98

Please be informed that we are requesting a religious exemption from

>vaccinating our

> children [names].

>

> Our legal rights are guaranteed by the free exercise clause of the First

> Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  Recent court decisions have upheld

the

>rights of

> individuals seeking exemptions from immunizations based upon personal and

>religious

> reasons.  On the U.S. Supreme Court level in Frazee V. Illinois Dept. of

>Security, 489

> U.S. 829, it was found that a state may not deny an exemption simply

because

>a person

> is not a member of a formal religious organization.

>

> In addition, the Supreme Court in Fowler v. Rhode Island, 345 U.S. 67

(1953)

>held that

> it was "no business of the courts to say what is a religious practice or

>activity for

> one individual is not religion under the protection of the First

Amendment."

> Furthermore, in United States v. Ballad, 322 U.S. 78 (1944) the court

ruled

>that

> religious teachings could not be prosecuted for fraud. The beliefs of one

>person may

> seem preposterous to another, but religious liberty demands the widest

>toleration of

> conflicting views.

>

> We believe the Roman Catholic Church also guarantees our rights as stated

in

> the Catechism of the Catholic Church page 552, section 2295.

>

> "Research or experimentation on the human being cannot legitimate acts

that

>are in

> themselves contrary to the dignity of persons and to the moral law.  The

>subjects'

> potential consent does not justify such acts.  Experimentation on human

>beings is not

> morally legitimate if it exposes the subject's life or physical and

>psychological

> integrity to disproportionate or avoidable risks.  Experimentation on

human

>beings does

> not conform to the dignity of the person if it takes place without the

>informed consent

> of the subject or those who legitimately speak for him."

>

>

> I have taken one paragraph from an article written in the Catholic Twin

>Circle by

> Kristine M. Severyn RPh, PhD on vaccinations as experimentation: "Hep B

>vaccine policy

> illustrates the government's use of all children as medical research

guinea

>pigs.

> Babies and pre-adolescents are targeted for hepatitis B vaccination

because,

>according

> to the CDC, "efforts to vaccinate persons in the major risk groups

>(promiscuous

> homosexuals, heterosexuals, and intravenous drug abusers) have had limited

>success."

> The CDC emphasizes that it will take 20 to 30 years of routine infant and

>pre-teen

> hepatitis B vaccination to determine if the campaign actually results in

>decreased

> incidence of disease."

>

> After vaccinations, each of the children have had slight reactions,

resulting

>in ear

> infections and rashes.  However, it wasn't until our seventh child had

more

>severe

> reaction did we decide to do research.

>

> Particularly disturbing information revealed was the making of these

>vaccinations,

> especially the rubella and chicken pox vaccine. The rubella and chicken

pox

>vaccine are

> grown in aborted fetal tissue.  Other vaccines are grown in animal tissues

>that would

> be injected with animal proteins, RNA, DNA, and other blood fractions.

There

>is

> definitive research that suggest that injecting or ingesting such vaccines

is

>extremely

> dangerous.

>

> If you feel that our children would pose a serious risk to other children

by

>not

> receiving vaccinations required to be in school, then please notify us at

>your

> convenience and we will remove them and make other arrangements.

>

> Sincerely,

>

>

> Signed

>

>

> Father Mother

>  >>