Don't tell your employer your beliefs when seeking a religious exemption.

"Religious exemption" as an excuse is a con-job when it comes to the clot shot. By stating religious exemption, you are in fact revealing your clot shot status. You have the RIGHT TO PRIVACY , especially medical privacy (the most important area for privacy IMO). So a better response would be to say, my medical history is private and between me and my doctor. That way they can't make you leave by knowing you don't have the shot. They have to guess if you have taken the shot or not and they will have no proof you are not or are clot shotted with the death shot.

Use your right to privacy before you have to use your right to religious exemption. It makes sense to use religious exemption to get out wearing a mask because it is obvious if you are wearing one or not. But it is not obvious at all if you have taken the clot shot. No need to reveal it. Even if you have the shot, do us all a favor and refuse to tell anyone else about it.

When you are explaining why you are not taking the clot shot, what you are doing is playing the victim in a narcissistic relationship dynamic. You are doing what is known as "JADE'ing" JADE here stands for: Justify, Argue, Defend & Explain"

If you find yourself doing any of these 4 things to someone other than your close family and loved ones, then you are in a toxic relationship and need to end it.

Never JADE when it comes to your personal medical info. It's nobody's business what you chose to do with your body. What are they going to do? Torture you to get an answer? Only slaves JADE for their masters, freemen know they owe nobody an explanation for their actions. I tell my wife and my doctor about private medical stuff, that's it.

Be sure to do that sucking motion at the end for dramatic effect.

You do not have to identify, prove, justify, or enumerate your beliefs when requesting accommodation for deeply and sincerely held religious (or moral) beliefs against a company policy that contradicts such beliefs.

The very act of asking, persuading, requiring you to identify, prove, justify or list your beliefs before granting your accomodation can be, and has been, found to be a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (section VII).

The notion that you need some authority figure to give you their "pastor's note", or that you have to prove you've been part of X religion for N number of years is all complete bullshit. Your authority figure is your 1st amendment, in particular, your right to worship freely.

God doesn't reveal what is right or wrong based on how long you've believed, or who sanctions your belief, or whether or not that belief system is 'established', or who/what you worship. Do not fall for that crap!

The law is the law, and in most states, discrimination laws follow federal law when it comes to the requirement that employers must accommodate their employees for deeply and sincerely held beliefs.

Don't let them bully you. Don't fill out their forms.

Simply object stating that you have "deeply and sincerely held religious (or moral) beliefs" that prevent you from complying and that you seek accommodation.