re: Has anyone had a religious exemption accepted/rejected yet?

I got mine accepted. IDK if my company is just rubber-stamping them or if my letter made a difference.

I decided to leave legal jargon out of it and only write about my sincere beliefs.

I used the anti-abortion angle. All currently available vaccines in the US have used fetal cell lines in either production or testing.

I quoted scripture about how only God can give and take a life and abortion is the gravest of sins, in my true and sincere beliefs.

I also included an anecdotal story of another time in my life that my pro-life stance required me to make a life-altering decision.

I don't have all the info at hand at the moment, but legal precedent states that a member of a particular religion does not have to believe and follow every single tenant of that religion's doctrine. I didn't have to provide a statement from a religious leader. I'm not sure how they can require that. Not everyone who believe a certain way is a member of a congregation.