Posted on 08/21/2020 11:26:28 PM PDT by Libloather
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has no sympathy for parents objecting to his edict that children attending school either wear masks or face possible criminal charges.
Herbert issued the mask mandate, for grades K-12, in July. The reopening of Utah’s public schools has drawn new attention to the edict, which calls for a maximum punishment of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for showing up without one. The order applies equally to adults and children, and any charge would be a misdemeanor.
Herbert said Thursday that parents opposed to his order are “a little bit irrational,” according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
“I think these same people might get on an airplane and say they’re not going to fasten their seat belts,” he said. “And they may be invited to get off the plane if that’s the case.”
Anna Lehnardt, a spokeswoman for Herbert, said school officials will decide if they want to make compliance a criminal issue, according to the Salt Lake City newspaper.
“It’s enforced on a district and superintendent level,” she said. “But we’re not thinking, ‘Let’s slap a bunch of kids with misdemeanors.‘”
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It’s time for some serious pushback people. This is our liberty they’re threatening. If we won’t fight for it then we will lose all of it.
3 words. Homeschool Homeschool Homeschool. Get your kids out of government / union controlled “schools”.
“Can be charged”
Did the Gov make the explicit threat, or is this simply a legal possibility?
Utah citizens need to hang their governor.
Does Senator Romney defend the schools stance?
This is the same governor that wants more foreign sh!thole refugees to be relocated into Utah.
It’s time for massive civil disobedience. Let’s see if they have the nerve to arrest thousands of kids.
There’s an article on Mercola.com (can’t link it) Effects of COVID on Children. This guv also needs to do his homework on the health hazards of masks. There needs to be a revolt against such tyranny.
Suicide rate in teenager is 4xs what it usually is, way more than Whu Flu deaths.
How can we accept this???
We are morphing into sheeple.
“...maximum punishment of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine...”
So he’s going to put six year olds in jail? Really?
Did you mean : Does Senator Romney defend the governor’s stance ?
Probably.
Like most of our rulers, I don’t think he has a problem with government tyranny.
So now criminal government demand to destroy our children. Folks, when will we stop these criminal politicians?
JoMa
this is like a sign from God to get one’s kids out of the public sphere.
Masks on children is nuts.
Masks on healthy people (no symptoms) is nuts. People with no symptoms but who test positive ARE NOT SICK with cv-19!!
Take a small zinc supplement daily with an ionophore (HCQ, quercetin, red onion, red apple etc) will keep more people from getting a serious case of *any* RNA viral infection.
These authorities are playing stupid which makes me very uncomfortable about their intentions.
That was the typical Soviet Union response to dissidents: "if you don't follow orders you are sent to insane asylums."
The guv has gone FULL retard. Never go full retard!
By randomly designating actions as crimes, they keep the public properly bowed down in submission, afraid to speak or act because of the threat of being thrown in jail.
Once they got us submitting like good little slaves, they can do anything to us.
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