New York Knicks announce ban on unvaccinated fans
The New York Knicks have announced that unvaccinated fans will be banned from attending games if the team advances to the next round of the playoffs.
The New York Knicks are implementing a new policy to explicitly discriminate against fans who have exercised their freedom to choose not to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Given the enthusiastic response to vaccination requirements, the team also announced that, should they advance past round one, tickets will be sold exclusively to fully-vaccinated individuals,” the team announced in a recent news release.
The move could prompt federal and state lawsuits for violation of religious freedom as well as possible racial discrimination.
For example, some Christians oppose the current COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States because of their connection to the use of aborted fetal tissue in development or testing.
Many black citizens, some for religious reasons, have refused to take the COVID vaccine, raising the possibility of racial discrimination lawsuits against the Knicks or the NBA, even as the NBA tries to boast of how “woke” it is and supportive of radical movements like Black Lives Matter.
For example, though African-Americans make up 17 percent of the state of New York, they represent less than 12 percent of vaccinations.
“Smells like lawsuits waiting to happen,” one Twitter user said.
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