# Florida Catholics reject attorney general’s push for religious vaccine exemptions

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- Ars Technica, 2026-08-26 19:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/catholic-bishops-tell-florida-theres-no-religious-reason-for-vaccine-exemptions/

> Florida’s Catholic bishops rebuked Attorney General James Uthmeier after he threatened to withhold funding from Catholic schools unless they accepted religious vaccine exemptions. The state’s Catholic dioceses support vaccination and recognize only medically verified exemptions, rejecting theological arguments against vaccines.