福克斯新闻 员工拒绝注射流感疫苗起诉医院

For the past three years Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, has required employees to get a flu shot, unless…

过去三年，宾西法尼亚州伊利市圣文森医院一直要求员工注射流感疫苗，除非……

They have grounds for a medical or religious exemption¹ and there have been exemptions² granted since the policy took effect, but six employees, say they were fired for refusing to get flu shots because of their religious beliefs.

他们有医疗或宗教豁免权，自该政策生效以来，一直有人享受豁免权，但是有6名员工说他们由于宗教信仰拒绝注射流感疫苗而被解雇。

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filing a lawsuit³ last week, accusing the hospital of religious discrimination.

上周，平等就业机会委员会提起诉讼，指控医院宗教歧视。

On behalf of plaintiffs from a variety of Christian⁴ faiths, including Russian Orthodox, Methodist, Independent Fundamentalist Baptist and Christian Mysticism. The hospital reportedly claiming the employees failed to provide proof of religious doctrine⁵.

原告代表了各种各样的基督教宗教信仰，包括俄罗斯东正教，卫理公会教徒，原旨教义者浸礼会教友和基督教神秘主义者。据报道，医院宣称这些雇员未能提供宗教教义的证据。

Lisa Brady, FOX News.

Lisa Brady，福克斯新闻。

1 exemption   

n.豁免，免税额，免除

参考例句：

• You may be able to apply for exemption from local taxes.你可能符合资格申请免除地方税。
• These goods are subject to exemption from tax.这些货物可以免税。

2 exemptions   

n.（义务等的）免除( exemption的名词复数 )；免（税）；（收入中的）免税额

参考例句：

• The exemptions for interpretive rules, policy statements, and procedural rules have just been discussed. 有关解释性规则、政策说明和程序规则的免责我们刚刚讨论过。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• A: The regulation outlines specific exemptions for some WPM. 答：该规定概述了某些木质包装材料的特定的例外情形。 来自互联网

3 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

4 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

5 doctrine   

n.教义；主义；学说

参考例句：

• He was impelled to proclaim his doctrine.他不得不宣扬他的教义。
• The council met to consider changes to doctrine.宗教议会开会考虑更改教义。