RICHMOND, VA - The Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill that would ban the forced implantation of tracking devices in people, with supporters citing both privacy concerns and religious prophecy.
  Del. Mark Cole says the bill means no one could be required to wear a tracking implant as a condition of employment or by insurers.
    

Most people objected chiefly on privacy reasons -- the fear of their whereabouts being electronically pinpointed at all times -- and long-term health concerns.
    

But Cole said some had religious objections, including those rooted in Christian teachings of an Antichrist who would compel followers to wear "the mark of the beast."
    

Del. David Englin, who's Jewish, also noted that some Orthodox Jews would consider the implants a defiling of the body