How Does the Law Define Religion?
It is noteworthy for those with unorthodox religious beliefs that the U.S. Supreme Court has defined religion broadly for legal purposes, and federal courts have applied that definition to vaccine religious exemptions. [3] So, don’t be too quick to assume you don’t qualify for a religious exemption. It just may be that the beliefs you assumed wouldn’t qualify for an exemption do qualify. For example, personal religious beliefs, including one’s personal interpretation of an established religion that does not have tenets opposed to immunization, may qualify for a religious exemption in most states.
