Posted on 03/25/2020 11:12:18 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Governor Northam is DETERMINED to break America and all of her Constitutional Rights, replacing them with Progressive Democratic Platform principles.
He officially closed Virginia churches and made it a crime punishable by up to 12 months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine.
Conservative author Charlie Kirk tweeted a few moments ago:
Ralph Northam just officially closed Virginia churches and made it a crime punishable by up to 12 months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine
This is Anti-American.
A governor can’t punish someone for attending church.
What happened to the First Amendment?
Where is the outrage?
RT! Two days ago when asked about Church services Governor Northam answered:
“Any time that there’s a gathering of more than 10 people, we would certainly discourage that,” Northam said when asked if churches would be able to hold services.
“Faith is very important to individuals, especially during these times. But we’re asking churches to practice the same social distancing,” Northam said. “I have talked to a lot of pastors across the Commonwealth, a lot of faith leaders, who are really being creative and innovative is how they’re communicating with their church members.”
Gov. Northam said that a meeting was scheduled with church leaders to discuss how to they could operate in their communities while practicing social distancing.
After the meeting, most of Virginia’s houses of worship have suspended in-person religious services and activities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, and many do not expect to be open by Easter, which this year falls on April 12 despite President Trump’s declaration Tuesday that he wanted to see packed churches on Easter.
It seems that alcohol is far more important than the Church.
Governor Northam ordered “non-essential retail businesses” in his state to shut down for a month starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday—but expressly exempted the state’s government-owned liquor stores, calling them “essential retail businesses.”
He additionally declared that “all public and private in-person gatherings of 10 or more individuals are prohibited.”
In issuing this order, Northam cited his “authority” under Section 44-146.17 of the Code of Virginia.
This law says in part:
“Executive orders, to include those declaring a state of emergency and directing evacuation, shall have the force and effect of law and the violation thereof shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor in every case where the executive order declares that its violation shall have such force and effect.”
Committing a Class 1 misdemeanor in Virginia, according to Section 18.2-11 of the Code of Virginia carries an “authorized punishment[]” of “confinement in jail for not more than twelve months and a fine of not more than $2,500, either or both.”
In his executive order, Northam lists the “essential retail businesses” that he is going to allow to remain open during the shutdown he is ordering. These include “liquor stores,” which in Virginia are owned and operated by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, a government agency.
Northam’s order says: “Essential businesses may remain open during their normal business hours. Such businesses are: … Beer, wine and liquor stores.”
So people in liquor stores can wait in safe distance lines and get their alcohol but Christians can’t do the same and go to the church? Doesn’t anyone recognize the slow, and gradual, removal of each of our “rights”? This is exactly what our founding fathers feared. This is exactly why we have the constitution..the bill of rights.
Here’s a quote from the First Amendment for Governor Northam:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Yeah, Caesar owns everything. Wonder where he gets his money...oh that’s right all those old duffers working all of their lives and paying in and then paying Caesar tax on their social security.
In VA you can only get beer and wine at grocery stores and 7-11s etc. Any hard liquor is only sold at an ABC store. Alcoholic Beverage control stores that are owned and operated by the VA gov.
Episcopalians breathe sigh of relief, Baptists outraged but not so much, Catholics invite priests for dinner.
Virginia is a communist controlled State. They will fail
This is what happens when “good” people don’t bother to vote.
Virgina, everybody go to church, and go with your guns!
Wow! What a racket!!
Wow! What a racket!!
It's that way in a lot of states. Some other states operate the liquor wholesale warehouses and sell to private liquor stores. Liquor is a cash cow for a lot of states.
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