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Football Coach Fired After Refusing To Get Vaccinated for Religious Reasons: ‘I Continue To Stand Firm in My Conviction of Faith’

by Western Journal
September 14, 2021 at 2:50 pm
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FILE PHOTO: Syringes containing Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are seen at the Impfzentrum Basel Stadt vaccination center at the Congress Center of the Messe Basel fairground, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Basel, Switzerland March 18, 2021. (Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)

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Navy football coach Bill Ray Stutzmann was fired on Monday after refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccine, tweeting he continues to “stand firm” in his conviction.

“The Naval Academy Athletic Association policy regarding COVID-19 requires all coaches and staff to be vaccinated against this virus. Based on my religious convictions, and after much thought and prayer, I am unable to follow the requirements of the Naval Academy’s COVID-19 policy, as it had changed these last few months,” Stutzmann said in a statement on Twitter.

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— Billy Ray Stutzmann (@BRayStutzmann) September 13, 2021

“After applying for a religious exemption and attempting to further negotiate alternative working arrangements, I was ultimately relieved of my duties here at Navy,” Stutzmann added.

He said his refusal to take the vaccine was based on his “conviction of faith.”

“I continue to stand firm in my conviction of faith, but I understand and respect that each individual and institution has a choice on how they wish to manage these issues,” he said.

Navy’s head coach also responded after the release of Stutzmann’s statement.

“He’s added a lot to our program,” head coach Ken Niumatalolo told Fox News.

“Wish him the best of luck, he and his wife Shanelle. Wonderful young man. Got a bright, bright future in this profession.”

CBS Sports reported Stutzmann was in his third season as an offensive coach on the Navy staff. He previously played wide receiver at the University of Hawaii from 2009-13, and later coached at Western New Mexico College, Emory & Henry and Hawaii.

The military announced in August that its members would be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Required vaccinations also led to the end of college football reporting for Allison Williams.

“This will be the first fall in the last 15 years I won’t be on the sidelines for College Football,” she tweeted on Thursday.

This will be the first fall in the last 15 years I won’t be on the sidelines for College Football.
My heart hurts posting this but I’m at peace with my decision. pic.twitter.com/np5V3gdrfW

— Allison Williams (@AllisonW_Sports) September 9, 2021

“My heart hurts posting this but I’m at peace with my decision.”

“I have decided not to take the COVID-19 vaccine at this time while my husband and I try for a second child,” she added in a statement attached to her tweet.

“This was a deeply difficult decision to make and it’s not something I take lightly.”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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