; or (B) otherwise face substantial burdens such as the loss of employment, pay, or status within employment, the subjection to punitive personal public health measures, or any other loss caused by a failure to accommodate religious exercise. (5) With respect to COVID–19 vaccine mandates implemented by the States and the District of Columbia, the rights of persons under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States who are subject to such requirements have been violated in the following ways: (A) COVID–19 vaccine mandates for State employees in the States of New York, Maine, and Rhode Island have allowed for medical exemptions from the COVID–19 vaccine, but have not allowed for religious exemptions. (B) The Governor of New York has stated that— (i) New York intentionally excluded religious exemptions from the COVID–19 vaccination mandate; and (ii) the Governor was unaware of any organized religion that seeks religious exemptions for the COVID–19 vaccine and those individuals who seek such an exemption are not listening to God and what God wants