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Celerity

(43,412 posts)
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 09:09 PM Dec 2021

'General Hospital' Anti-Vaxxer Sues ABC Over Dismissal, Says God Protects Him From COVID

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ingo-rademacher-sues-abc-after-dismissal-from-general-hospital



Ingo Rademacher—the actor who was fired from General Hospital for refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccine—has sued ABC over his dismissal, arguing that his firing amounts to religious discrimination. Rademacher lost his role over his vaccine stance, and he was ditched shortly after upsetting his castmates by posting an anti-transgender meme. In his lawsuit, Rademacher—who played Jasper “Jax” Jacks on the soap for over two decades—claims he asked ABC for a religious exemption from its vaccine mandate, but his request was turned down. According to Variety, he told his employers in October that he should be exempt due to “my deeply and sincerely held moral belief that my body is endowed by my creator with natural processes to protect me and that its natural integrity.”

Read it at Variety



Ingo Rademacher also shared an anti-transgender meme on social media Sunday, prompting backlash from some castmates.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/general-hospital-ingo-rademacher-out-1235044072/
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'General Hospital' Anti-Vaxxer Sues ABC Over Dismissal, Says God Protects Him From COVID (Original Post) Celerity Dec 2021 OP
Maybe "god" expects people to use common sense SheltieLover Dec 2021 #1
What a freak Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #2
More proof Pantagruel Dec 2021 #3
Do you say that about Presidents Obama and Biden when they go to church? former9thward Dec 2021 #9
Well... Mike Nelson Dec 2021 #4
Is he not Australian? Murphyb849 Dec 2021 #5
West German born, moved to Australia at age 10 Celerity Dec 2021 #8
There's no place for him to spew virus over the cast and crew catrose Dec 2021 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #7
There still are soap operas? mucifer Dec 2021 #10
I think there are 4 left MustLoveBeagles Dec 2021 #14
Many dead people said the very same thing. Must be a different God. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #11
"God" sent a vaccine you dolt durablend Dec 2021 #12
so do his attorneys plan on deposing God? DBoon Dec 2021 #13
Shit for brains rockfordfile Dec 2021 #15
Yes, because you're better than the millions of people worldwide who God has let die from this elias7 Dec 2021 #16
No vax, no Jax. Know'm say'n? Iggo Dec 2021 #17

Mike Nelson

(9,959 posts)
4. Well...
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 09:15 PM
Dec 2021

...I'm always surprised when General Hospital is mentioned... can't believe it's still running! But... wow... 20 years and they just now discovered stuff like this... and on a show about doctors!

catrose

(5,068 posts)
6. There's no place for him to spew virus over the cast and crew
Tue Dec 14, 2021, 09:21 PM
Dec 2021

unless his character can be stricken with a disease so that he has to live in a bubble. Or a coma.

Response to catrose (Reply #6)

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