Faith Leaders In Tennessee Call For Governor Lee Investigation
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Published July 22, 2021
The Tennessee Conservative [By Jason Vaughn] –
Christian faith leaders across Tennessee are calling for an independent investigation into Governor Bill Lee and how he handled the firing of the state’s top vaccination expert.
Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccine advisor for the Health Department, was fired over a memo sent to physicians about the Mature Minor Doctrine. This case law allows doctors to treat specific minors even if they haven’t received consent from their parents.
Pastors have begun to join lawmakers across the state in asking that Lee end “politicization of public health.”
Reverend Dr. Kevin Riggs, the pastor of Community Church in Franklin, said, “We are calling for an independent investigation into the suppression of vital, life-saving public health guidance.”
Dr. Fiscus said she was fired just for doing her job when sharing information about the old case.
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Reverend Riggs said, “A pattern of cover-up and suppression of vital life-saving public health information which endangers the most vulnerable among us and jeopardizes a safe return to school in August and even jeopardizes our economic recovery.”
The Delta variant of the Covid-19 has been spreading in several states, including Tennessee. Faith leaders have blamed it on a lack of leadership and state leaders putting politics before Tennesseans.
Reverend Gordon Myers of Living Word Lutheran Church said this “will lead inevitably to avoidable suffering, hospitalizations, and death.”
Reverend Stephen Handy, pastor of Mckendree United Methodist Church in Nashville, said “Tennessee has lost a great and wise mind, who was determined to save lives, and it worries many of us to see the direction in which Tennessee elected officials are moving.”
A group of doctors in the state also gathered to write a statement to the Justice Department to demand an independent investigation into the governor.
The group, Protect My Care, accused Lee of “reckless misconduct and abuse of his office.”
“Bill Lee’s misconduct, suppressing vital, life-saving public health guidance and now the political firing of a state health employee for doing her job, endangers Tennesseans’ lives, threatens our state’s recovery and will result in more avoidable hospitalizations and deaths and he must be investigated and held accountable,” group member Dr. Jason Martin said.
Legislators have agreed not to hold anymore vaccination events on school property, and there will not be any vaccine events intended just for children.
In a June committee meeting, Senator Janice Bowling said it was “very disconcerting to see the memo, the letter from Dr. Fiscus stating that Tennessee law allows the department of health to give vaccinations to children 14 years of age.”
When News 2 asked for Lee to comment on firing Fiscus, he said, “I’m not commenting on an individual employee that doesn’t work for my office”
According to News 2, 43% of Tennesseans have at least a single dose of the vaccine, with 38.5% having received both.
Reverend Handy said, “We call on our public officials to do the right thing, not for your political party, but for the people who elected you. Every person is precious, and we all have a moral obligation to reach everyone.”
About the Author:
Jason Vaughn, Media Coordinator for The Tennessee Conservative
Jason previously worked for a legacy publishing company based in Crossville, TN in a variety of roles through his career. Most recently, he served as Deputy Directory for their flagship publication. Prior, he was a freelance journalist writing articles that appeared in the Herald Citizen, the Crossville Chronicle and The Oracle among others. He graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a Bachelor’s in English-Journalism, with minors in Broadcast Journalism and History. Contact Jason at news@TennesseeConservativeNews.com
Governor Lee should pay no attention to these quacks who want to go over parents head to decide what should be done to their children. If these people want to be vaccinated, well and good. Then they should be safe. They should stay out of other peoples business.
These apostate fake useless pastors in name only need to take their leftist communist propaganda and shove it to the hell it comes from. They need their pulpits taken from them and their “so-called churches” closed. They have no authority whatsoever to speak on matters concerning children and the state giving unapproved proven poison shots to them without the parents knowledge. These pastors are nothing more than heretics and wolves in sheep’s clothing. Their end will come.
There is nothing political about firing someone who thinks they can usurp the authority of the parent. She should have been fired, period. Want an investigation? Investigate your own true motives. If you believe the right of the parents can be so cavalierly usurped, your in the wrong state, not only geographically but mentally.
First, getting any injection, particularly an experimental non-FDA approved and EUA authorization only should be a wake-up call especially when there are available remedies ie HCQ and Ivermectin. The validated reports of significant deaths and injuries attributed to all four jabs should also be sufficient warnings. There are too many brainwashed people who listen only to the terribly flawed CDC , WHO, bureaucrats like Fauci and propagandized media without doing due diligence.
Thank you Gov. Lee. I don’t want my children being given anything without my consent. Are these same people who oppose Gov. Lee ok with children being given birth control and taught things that go against parents values? Parent’s rights are being increasingly eroded. Let parents decide what is best for their children, not the state agencies.
Yup, lucifer’s idiot “reverends”.
Why does the medical society think they should decide what minors should have.They allow abortions, contraceptives and now these shots with out parents knowledge. Yet that same minor can not get a piercing or tattoo until they are 18 with out parents knowledge. Doesn’t make sense
Govenor Lee is correct not to support vaccinations or any treatment of a minor
child without parental permission period. Shame on “faith based “groups to support this as it is yet another way to weaken the family unit, just another step towards a communist takeover and loss of freedom. The raising of our children is the job of parents . The only the church should concern itself with is to spread the gospel not to undermine parents authority
https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2021/07/dr-peter-mccullough-urgent-warning-about-poisonous-jabs-an-agonizing-situation/
Until they start putting out real info they need to stop the jabs altogether! DO NOT INJECT OUR CHILDREN WITH THIS BIOWEAPON!
parents are held responsible for their children in all other areas, and can be arrested for not taking care of them. So, why is this even an issue. It is a no-brainer that parents should be the decider on whether their children should receive the COVID vaccine, which has yet to receive final approval from the FDA. Even then, parents should not have their parental decision making rights taken away. It has been proven that the very large percentage of children that contract COVID have very mild symptoms, like normal mild children’s diseases, and are not super spreaders. I have 5 children and 18 grandchildren, and even though I myself am fully vaccinated (even after having COVID and having the antibodies), I did it more because of the variants and the fact that I am 68 years old. I do not feel that any of my grandchildren, ranging in age from 5-up, should receive the vaccine without their parents approval.
I support Gov Lee on this issue.
These apostate fake useless pastors in name only need to take their leftist communist propaganda and shove it to the hell it comes from. They need their pulpits taken from them and their “so-called churches” closed. They have no authority whatsoever to speak on matters concerning children and the state giving unapproved proven poison shots to them without the parents knowledge. These pastors are nothing more than heretics and wolves in sheep’s clothing. Their end will come.
The law is clear on experimental medicines – Informed consent is required. A minor cannot legally provide such consent. For that matter the law prohibits coercion, or incentivizing taking an experiment med. So… given no real data on side effects and the intentional cover up of such side effects ( nothing to see here, move along..) #1 no one should be getting the jab #2 there are effective treatments as mentioned above. This is about CONTROL not about your health. And for God’s sake stop vaccinating children!