Given all the other activities considered "essential," there is no reason why churches couldn't do something that feels reasonably normal. This mayor is over-stepping their bounds...this isn't about protecting people, it's about controlling them.
Can we get Barr the Pied Piper on this? Last night he told Laura he won’t stand for discrimination against Christians.
He's just another "whistledick politician."
Find the city line and hold it in the county. Problem solved.
What is there about a church service that is NOT an “essential service”?
Totally unconstitutional.
Totally.
The First amendment doesn’t say you have freedom of religion IF YOU AREN’T SICK...
It doesn’t say you have freedom of speech IF YOU AREN’T SICK...
It doesn’t say you have freedom of assembly IF YOU AREN’T SICK...
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Many people in the same space...but in separate cars - that is certainly social distancing.
By the way, folks, this is the same mayor who came out in support of the demonstrators outside of McConnell’s house who were calling for him to be murdered.
I am reminded of another time, not too long ago, during the middle of a horrendous war. It was the morning of D-Day and on the national radio, station WEAF, NYC, had on local ministers, priests, pastors, rabbis, etc...with prayers for this momentus day.
While I do understand congregants wanting to congregate and while I think the idea of a drive-in or drive and park church makes a unique American solution to a problem; I do not understand why local and regional leaders do not want people in their automobiles.
Okay...here is a solution. Have the local NPR tv/radio station provide time/hours to all demoninations/sects to give a service. Local public radio would be excellent in providing this very public service.
It is not a perfect solution. I have no problem with people sitting in their cars as their pastor offers prayer and Easter message. But if the powers that be will not bend, then there are still a couple of other solutions, the above mentioned radio solution and one other: All demoninations and sects offer drive and park services in a particular or state. All Churchs particpating. What will police do when thirty churches in a town have people parking and listening to their pastor? Can’t arrest everyone...
This stupidity has to stop.
They have taken over most schools , all of areas of health, our privacy and the media are no longer a free press .
Seems now they want to see how far along they have gotten with gotten in controlling the populace by frightening with various crises /scare tactics.
Global warming scare,storms/ weather and now they take advantage of our yearly out brake of viruses to see how willing we are to give up our freedom of movement and the very important freedom of assembly, by seeing to what degree we are willing to give up our freedom of worship and the the right to work.
They already have the means in place to know and control the money we already have by putting a brick on our banking, except cash but that's coming.
Now they seem to be testing see if they can stop us from at least for a good while of getting any more monies to provide the very daily necessities of life,liberty and the persuite happiness.
Maybe I'm just a conspiracy nut but it seems I have heard in the past some very powerful and bad people say something like "Never let a crises go to waste" and "I am from the government and I am here to help you".
I have been around a long time and some of these things have a very, very bad smell.
Also I have been through both parties and I have seen and had my stomach turned at what both of them have done to the good man that we elected to be our President.
I'm an old man that would like very much to call them what they are to their face and spit in their eye for what the bastards have done to him and to our country.
Typical Democrat AntiChristian hypocrite. Hey, jackass, I doubt that me going to a drive in Church service is not going to kill 50% of the people, like in Planned Homicide places...
Why is the Arch (in St. Louis) in the background?