According to Drew Zahn of World Net Daily, the Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District in Bayport, New York, has denied a family’s right to declare an exemption from vaccinations due to religious reasons by simply stating that the parents, Ron and Rita Palma, are not religious enough.
“This determination,” wrote the school in 2006, “was made based upon your meeting with the school attorney and information which we received, which significantly calls into question your stated beliefs.”
The district interviewed the couple in 2006 and 2008, and then determined that their beliefs were not sincerely held. They cited a medical test–a vaccine titer test– that the Palmas had given their son as evidence that the family’s convictions are too inconsistent to be genuinely held. …continue reading
