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Louisiana church packed for services again despite charges against pastor amid pandemic
CBS News ^ | April 1, 2020 | Staff

Posted on 04/01/2020 1:25:02 PM PDT by C19fan

Buses and cars filled a Louisiana church parking lot for another service Tuesday evening as worshippers flocked to hear a Louisiana pastor who is facing misdemeanor charges for holding services despite a ban on gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A few protesters turned out, too, including a man shouting through a bullhorn against those gathering at the Life Tabernacle Church in the city of Central, where pastor Tony Spell has been holding services. Another demonstrator held up a sign reading: "God don't like stupid."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: church; virus
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Just a reminder a cult in South Korea was a big vector of the disease there.
1 posted on 04/01/2020 1:25:02 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

This virus ain’t snakes and strychnine, people!...............


2 posted on 04/01/2020 1:27:46 PM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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A few more weeks of this, and I suspect a lot of people under lock-downs are going to middle-finger the politicians. The impact of COVID-19 to lives in this country may become secondary to what could happen if people get frustrated and desperate.


3 posted on 04/01/2020 1:28:52 PM PDT by CatOwner
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Another demonstrator held up a sign reading: "God don't like stupid."

Spoken like a true Louisianan.

4 posted on 04/01/2020 1:33:02 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: C19fan

Yep.

Folks just aren’t using their heads.


5 posted on 04/01/2020 1:35:30 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.<br>)
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To: CatOwner

They keep this one size fits all Nationwide past 5/1 and the Sh*t hits the fan l’m betting


6 posted on 04/01/2020 1:36:07 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: C19fan

7 posted on 04/01/2020 1:36:25 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (Our parents/grandparents were called to war. We have been called to sit on the couch. We got this!!)
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I don’t recommend anyone try that.

It’s about to get real serious, and when it does, consequences to many things are also going to get serious.


8 posted on 04/01/2020 1:37:32 PM PDT by chris37 (Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: CatOwner

One of our mosques is closed according to the website and the other says nothing.


9 posted on 04/01/2020 1:38:55 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: C19fan

Keep ‘em quarantined in the church if that’s where they need to be.


10 posted on 04/01/2020 1:39:58 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Rush is a national treasure.)
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They are just practicing their First Amendment Rights.

And when they get infected, they taxpayers will pay the cost of their medical care.

That’s Freedom!


11 posted on 04/01/2020 1:46:16 PM PDT by Meatspace
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That’s a very good idea.


12 posted on 04/01/2020 1:56:21 PM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance. Nemo me impune lacessit!)
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No, when they get infected, they will go to town and infect ME...... Ignorant arrogant egotistical narcissistic self centered pieces of human garbage


13 posted on 04/01/2020 2:20:39 PM PDT by joe fonebone (Communists Need To Be Eliminated)
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Yes.

I agree with that.


14 posted on 04/01/2020 2:23:37 PM PDT by Meatspace
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‘They keep this one size fits all Nationwide past 5/1 and the Sh*t hits the fan l’m betting’

you are seriously underestimating the quiescence of the American people, especially females...I’m still smarting from the roasting I got for suggesting maybe the lockdown is a tad too stringent...


15 posted on 04/01/2020 2:32:26 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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Yeah I get the same at home. Women seem less sympathetic to the ravaged economy versus maximum precautions to keep the virus from spreading


16 posted on 04/01/2020 3:32:22 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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Don’t underestimate the the effects loss of job, loss of business may have on men who no longer have anything to distract them from thinking about how they feel about the people in charge...


17 posted on 04/01/2020 3:34:15 PM PDT by TalBlack
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To: JayGalt
Thanks! 😁
18 posted on 04/01/2020 3:40:37 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Rush is a national treasure.)
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To: TalBlack

Apply for a government job.

Always paid
Always increases in pay
Best retirement
Not work hard generally
No responsibility


19 posted on 04/01/2020 3:46:49 PM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

I know a few guys who do GIS mapping work for the Fedgov. They strongly discouraged me from applying because they constantly get pay freezes and furloughed whenever there is budget trouble. I was doing a similar job for a little less pay, so I decided to stick it out where I was working instead. Glad I did.


20 posted on 04/01/2020 4:31:53 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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