In a recent interview with “The Daily Signal” podcast, Brad Dacus, the president of the Pacific Justice Institute, sheds light on the movement for religious freedom in the U.S. legal system. Dacus represents Americans who have been denied medical treatment due to their refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine. He argues against hospitals that require vaccination, claiming that the vaccine is experimental and counterproductive.
Dacus highlights the case of some of his clients who require organ transplants but have been denied by a minority of hospitals. He suggests that these hospitals have contracts with Big Pharma, leading them to enforce vaccination requirements. Dacus asserts that the majority of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are among vaccinated individuals, while the unvaccinated remain out of hospitals. He aims to defend people based on their sincerely held religious beliefs and convictions, ultimately saving jobs for Christians across the nation.
The lawyer references a study from the British Medical Journal, which claims that booster shots for young adults may cause more harm than good. The study suggests that for every COVID-19 hospitalization prevented, there could be at least 18.5 serious adverse events from mRNA vaccines, including cases of myopericarditis requiring hospitalization.
Dacus emphasizes that Christians and others can decline the vaccine based on sincerely held religious beliefs or convictions. He points out that some Christians object to the vaccines because they were developed using aborted embryos. These objections are considered valid convictions and can be used to apply for exemptions from vaccine mandates.
Additionally, Dacus discusses protecting the religious freedom of Christians who refuse to support gender ideology. He shares the case of a Korean women's spa owned by one of his clients in Washington state. When a man claiming to identify as a woman demanded access to the women's spa, the spa denied his request to protect the privacy and safety of its female patrons. However, the Washington State Human Rights Commission sued the spa to force it to allow naked men who identify as women. The Pacific Justice Institute has appealed the lower court rulings to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Finally, Dacus criticizes the Southern Poverty Law Center, labeling it a far-left smear factory. The organization has branded his law firm an “anti-LGBTQ hate group” and placed it on a map alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. Dacus accuses the Southern Poverty Law Center of breeding hate and division and aiming to silence, vilify, and destroy.
Overall, Brad Dacus and the Pacific Justice Institute are at the forefront of defending religious freedom in the U.S. legal system. They advocate for individuals who object to the COVID-19 vaccine based on sincerely held religious beliefs or convictions and fight against mandates that infringe on religious freedom. Their efforts extend to protecting Christians who refuse to support gender ideology and challenging organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center that seek to silence their voices.
