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Evangelicals Slam NYC’s Threat to ‘Permanently’ Close Churches that Defy Coronavirus Order
Anglican Mainstream ^ | 3/4/30 | Samuel Smith, Christian Post

Posted on 04/05/2020 6:53:03 PM PDT by marshmallow

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s assertion that churches and synagogues will be “permanently” closed if they refuse to obey a stay-at-home order banning large gatherings in light of the coronavirus pandemic has drawn the ire of national Christian leaders.

At a March 27 press briefing, de Blasio singled out Christian and Jewish congregations and threatened that agents would shut down their houses of worship if they held in-person services.

“A small number of religious communities, specific churches and specific synagogues are unfortunately not paying attention to this guidance even though it’s so widespread,” de Blasio said.

The Democrat mayor further warned that if the congregations refuse to disperse, the city would “take additional action up to the point of fines and potentially closing the building permanently.”

“It’s the last thing I would like to do because I understand how important people’s faiths are to them and we need our faiths in this time of crisis. But we do not need gatherings that will endanger people,” de Blasio argued. “No faith tradition endorses anything that endangers the members of that faith.”

(Excerpt) Read more at anglicanmainstream.org ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Evangelical Christian; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: nyc

1 posted on 04/05/2020 6:53:03 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Mosques exempted


2 posted on 04/05/2020 6:56:34 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: 2banana

And that’s part of what makes it so damn illegal.


3 posted on 04/05/2020 6:57:23 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: 2banana

Are you surmising that mosques are exempted, or is that a known?


4 posted on 04/05/2020 7:02:00 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: the_Watchman

Well, the omission was glaring.


5 posted on 04/05/2020 7:05:25 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: marshmallow

” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s assertion that churches and synagogues will be “permanently” closed if they refuse to obey a stay-at-home order “

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTDNTT-ysOg

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6 posted on 04/05/2020 7:06:59 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: absalom01

The way he said this was not cavalier or unimportant.

It is ALWAYS deliverately,worded, on purpose.

Omissions are deliberately omitted. On purpose.


7 posted on 04/05/2020 7:08:29 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marshmallow

Those who choose to gather during this time are placing my right to life in jeopardy. Having said that, threat of permanent closure is clearly unconstitutional. Typical lib overreach....


8 posted on 04/05/2020 7:17:36 PM PDT by joe fonebone (Communists Need To Be Eliminated)
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To: marshmallow
“No faith tradition endorses anything that endangers the members of that faith.”

No wonder mosques were exempted. That's one faith tradition that doesn't endanger its own... but it sure as hell will endanger everyone else's.

9 posted on 04/05/2020 7:29:14 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: TLI

Churches and synagogues don’t tend to issue fatwahs ordering decapitation.


10 posted on 04/05/2020 7:31:05 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: 2banana

Then the word needs to be spread — it INCLUDES MOSQUES.


11 posted on 04/05/2020 7:36:24 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: marshmallow

Bill de Blasio murdered an injection groundhog and had it covered up.


12 posted on 04/05/2020 7:40:03 PM PDT by Krosan
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio does not have the authority to permanently remove sections of the Constitution’s First Amendment from select portions of the population either.

You never know exactly who might attend that church or synagogue.

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13 posted on 04/05/2020 7:49:18 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: joe fonebone

I fail to understand the logic that a government ‘temporarily’ closing a church under threat of arrest and prosecution is somehow Constitutional but the permanent closing of them is not Constitutional.

Oh yes, I am sure you will say that somehow the public good in the short run is outweighed by my right (which is specifically delineated in the First Amendment) to go to church and risk my own life by doing so.

I suggest simply, if one does not want to risk this disease, stay home until it passes or, stay home forever for that matter, because disease is an omnipresent reality of life.

Once government gets involved to restrict a citizen’s personal liberties, we get into the exact argument that the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in the first place.

JoMa


14 posted on 04/06/2020 1:55:07 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks.)
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To: joma89

There were large groups gathered at local parks this weekend here in S.Louisiana. Even tho the governor closed parks like the churches. No one social distancing. They’re risking my life so selfishly.
Wonder why the cops didn’t arrest anybody there?
This sets precedence now. We better get used to house churches or arrest.


15 posted on 04/06/2020 4:01:59 AM PDT by DeplorableGirl
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To: 2banana
Keeping mosques open is an invitation for the Corona virus to find its way in there.
I'm surprised that they didn't self-close.
16 posted on 04/06/2020 8:48:04 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: DeplorableGirl
We better get used to house churches or arrest.

During the 16th century priests HAD to hide--thus, "priest holes."
Religious intolerance is, unfortunately, part of human nature. Works both ways.

17 posted on 04/06/2020 8:50:05 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: DeplorableGirl

I trust civil disobedience in-mass is close at hand.

JoMa


18 posted on 04/07/2020 1:56:02 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks.)
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To: joma89

Oh yes.
Put on your armor.


19 posted on 04/08/2020 5:23:10 AM PDT by DeplorableGirl
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