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A plea to members of Placer County churches during COVID surge: Stay home for Christmas
Sacramento Bee ^ | Dec 25 2020 | HANNAH HOLZER, Sacramento Bee

Posted on 12/25/2020 9:09:46 PM PST by rintintin

It would be easy to shame Destiny Christian Church, its members and its pastor, Greg Fairrington, for selfishly ignoring multiple state-imposed orders to cease indoor gatherings — an especially reckless act given Placer County’s restricted intensive care unit capacity which recently dipped to zero.

But in a spirit of compassion that seems more apt this holiday season, here’s my message to Destiny: I am appealing to your Christian values of moral responsibility and love for your neighbors and urging you to remain in the safety of your homes this Christmas. Because this is the only way to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.

Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article248057615.html#storylink=cpy

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TOPICS: Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; church; gregfairrington; hannahholzer; sacramento; sacramentobee

1 posted on 12/25/2020 9:09:46 PM PST by rintintin
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To: rintintin

No.


2 posted on 12/25/2020 9:11:13 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: rintintin

Stay home if you want to, but don’t tell me what to do.

My body, my choice. (Except when it comes to the unborn.)


3 posted on 12/25/2020 9:17:23 PM PST by bimboeruption (RELEASE THE KRAKEN!)
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To: rintintin

Just what we need here in Placer County: being lectured by some UC Davis Karen who works for a dying liberal rag in the neighboring county. STFU, sis


4 posted on 12/25/2020 9:18:19 PM PST by j.havenfarm (20 years on Free Republic, 12/10/20! More than 3700 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: rintintin

Are we going to do this every year for the flu...really


5 posted on 12/25/2020 9:24:36 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: rintintin
No.
6 posted on 12/25/2020 9:25:13 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Dear Clare, The awkward time is almost over. Love, Normal Americans)
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To: rintintin

Seems a bit late.


7 posted on 12/25/2020 9:25:49 PM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: rintintin

Change the name of the church to The French Laundry Church of St. Gavin and call your services birthday parties.


8 posted on 12/25/2020 9:41:38 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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To: rintintin

Worshipping God is not selfish.


9 posted on 12/25/2020 9:45:12 PM PST by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen to )
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To: rintintin

I have a brother in Placer county - he is totally on board with everything liberal - Placer tends to be a bit more of what passes for “conservative” in California but it is also filled with commies.


10 posted on 12/25/2020 10:10:42 PM PST by zadox (Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Reagan)
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To: rintintin

My church says: “ought we to obey man, or God?”

My church would also say, if asked: “limit all Mexican family gatherings to 2”.

They are 70% of the hospital utilization at this time.


11 posted on 12/25/2020 10:10:58 PM PST by Migraine ( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
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To: rintintin

I haven’t attended church regularly for quite a long time, but I went to a Christmas eve service with my sister’s family Thursday evening. And it was at a church which has been in the headlines recently, because they don’t enforce social distancing or use of masks.

It was refreshing to go to a gathering where I could actually see people’s faces.


12 posted on 12/26/2020 1:11:25 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Posting from deep within enemy territory - San Jose, CA)
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