Alabama College Student Asks University of Alabama-Birmingham to Accommodate Religious Objection to Vaccine Mandate University of Alabama-Birmingham is denying religious exemption after allowing student to attend during previous school year May 13, 2021 14:54 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute First Liberty Institute Plano, Texas, UNITED STATES BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the University of Alabama-Birmingham (“UAB”) demanding it exempt Jackie Gale, a rising Sophomore, from the school’s mandated vaccine policy. UAB did not require Jackie to comply with the school’s immunization policy to attend in-person during the 2020-21 school year but has refused to register her for 2021-22 unless she does so.