Dalli v. Board of Education

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• striking religious exemption from vaccination statute, rather than interpreting exemption to apply to all persons with sincerely held religious beliefs
• declining to construe language in vaccination statute exempting persons subscribing to “the tenets and practice of a recognized church or religious denomination” to include others whose sincerely held religious beliefs nevertheless conflict with vaccination
• describing previous iteration of statutory exemption from vaccinations as \an appropriate mark of deference to the sincere religious beliefs of the few which at the same time created a minimal hazard to the health of the many\
• “If the beliefs be sincerely held they are entitled to the same protection as those more widely held by others”
• no compelling interest justified limited scope of statutory religious exemption
• \We have traditionally and consistently declined to trespass on legislative territory in deference to the time tested wisdom of the separation of powers . . . even when it appeared that a highly desirable and just result might thus be achieved\

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