A federal judge has ruled against a football coach who was fired after refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Former Washington State University coach Nick Rolovich did not provide evidence supporting his claim of a religious objection to COVID-19 vaccination, U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice said in a Jan. 6 ruling.
“Plaintiff frequently expressed secular concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine to friends, family members, and co-workers. In the thousands of pages of discovery, Plaintiff does not invoke a religious objection to the vaccine. This alone is a basis for denying Plaintiff’s claimed religious objection,” Rice said.
Federal civil rights law prevents employers from firing employees or otherwise discriminating against workers over their race, color, religion, or national origin….