Religious Exemption

The deadline draws closer but I have no intention of changing my mind. I work for the Hearst Corporation, and a couple of weeks ago we received that much-anticipated email. All employees are required to be fully vaccinated as a condition for continued employment. According to Hearst, being fully vaccinated “currently means >14 days after 2 doses of Pfizer or Moderna or 1 dose of Johnson & Johnson. Please note we are monitoring guidance from all applicable public health authorities and we reserve the right to modify this policy as we determine may be necessary or appropriate.”

Modify? So, if I run out and get these shots in an effort to save my job, they could come back and say “well, now you need the booster to continue working here.” Now you have to take a shot every six months. It’s a cycle I don’t wish to be a part of.

I began working for Houston Community Newspapers back in December of 2005. I loved my job, I loved my coworkers, and I loved my boss. Five years later, the company (ASP Westward) was sold to 1013 Communications. I somehow managed to survive the massive amount of layoffs due to downsizing, but five years later in 2016, we were sold off again, this time to our biggest competitor, public enemy number one, The Houston Chronicle – parent company – The Hearst Corporation. We were given two days to reapply for our jobs.  

I arrived at work that morning to see the parking lot overflowing with shiny, new, unidentified cars. We were surrounded, but I zeroed in on one car in particular, one shiny, new blue mustang parallel parked right outside the front doors. I steadied my breath and headed inside to face the music. This was also during the height of my ongoing struggle with It—the dark cloud that had overtaken my life, the grand conspiracy in which this website is dedicated to exposing. The significance of the blue mustang is discussed in my memoir, but for this post, we’ll keep it simple. Its use in pop culture is extensive, popping up in movies and music videos alike, usually driven by the villain or antagonist of the plotline. Most notably, the blue mustang pops up, not as a car, but as a 32-foot-tall horse outside of the Denver Airport.

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The symbolism behind the blue mustang refers to prophecy in the blood, a concept I’ve discussed ad nauseam here. Whose word is written in your flesh, in your DNA, and on the table of your heart? The Hearst Tower in New York also exemplifies this concept. The outline of the building is made up of six-sided hexagons, a symbol that represents DNA and hydrogen bonding.

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Inside each of the hexagons, the glass building also uses triangles (five up and five down) to fill the space. The tetrahedral shapes most likely represent the molecular chemical bonding of water, and as a whole, the ten triangles represent the law. Like the Ten Commandments, they represent the binding of that word. The position and structure of water molecules in our bodies directly impacts the genetic structure of our DNA, thus, the water of the word.  

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Like the Tower of Babel, the Hearst Tower reaches into heaven with the blue sky reflecting off its glass siding. And, much like the glass sculpture of the Blue Mustang, it represents this occult doctrine/practice that is in direct contrast to Christianity. It represents connecting with another god and adhering to the word of that false god. So, if the Hearst Corporation is forcing its employees to receive this messenger RNA jab in order to keep their jobs, I’m afraid it’s a no go for me.

I walked into the building that day to hear the pitch put forth by our new owners. I surveyed the three or so suits currently holding the floor and attempted to identify the driver of the blue mustang. “We’re really not the Big Bad Wolf,” I heard one of them say. Well, we all know how that story ended. Not long after, I watched most of my coworkers get laid-off as our graphics department was eventually dissolved. My job was also offshored to India but I managed to hang on for another five years doing page layout and trafficking ads. In that time period, I watched Hearst buy up newspaper after newspaper as hundreds of more people lost their jobs. I cringed when the Houston Chronicle endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election while calling Trump “a danger to the Republic” – so says the Big Bad Wolf.

This December of 2021 will mark my 15-year anniversary with the newspaper, and, according to this email, my departure:

“If you haven’t become fully vaccinated or been granted an exemption by December 31, 2021, we will consider your non-compliance with company policy as a voluntary resignation of employment with Hearst Newspapers.”

I thought about submitting a religious exemption, but at this point, I just want out. Maybe I’ll submit this post.