There is no legal restriction keeping a church from asking - HIPPA doesn't apply here (only to doctors and insurance companies). With that said, it is a matter of conscience. Which do you value more highly - individual/personal privacy or communal health and well-being?
While I understand both sides of the argument, I believe the church is to be inclusive and welcoming and we cannot be that if the church is not a safe place to be. I don't know where I stand on the vaccination issue for church (though we should own up to the fact that vaccination records are required for most schools as is - why is this different?).
At the very least, we should be mandating masks while indoors.
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There is no legal restriction keeping a church from asking - HIPPA doesn't apply here (only to doctors and insurance companies). With that said, it is a matter of conscience. Which do you value more highly - individual/personal privacy or communal health and well-being?
While I understand both sides of the argument, I believe the church is to be inclusive and welcoming and we cannot be that if the church is not a safe place to be. I don't know where I stand on the vaccination issue for church (though we should own up to the fact that vaccination records are required for most schools as is - why is this different?).
At the very least, we should be mandating masks while indoors.