Government and religion COVID-19

[nebneb79]

Originally Posted by victimofGM

With Easter Sunday coming the focus has been on Christianity places of worship. While some are going online or television and others enacting protective measures (handwashing, limit on number allowed inside, spacing) others are flaunting conviction and threatening to go through with normal Easter service. Some politicians have insinuated shutting down all church services entirely. I believe this could open them, the state, up for lawsuits on the grounds of the first amendment. If the state enacts such bans on churches on one religion, Christianity, but does not extend the ban towards other religions nor enforce the bans on those other religions equally then would not that be a violation of the first amendment?

Don't bother... They can't hear you, too much corona Kool-Aid. This no longer America. There is no Constitution... World Government. 1776-2020.

[mkpunk]

Originally Posted by silibran

I don’t see the point of the question. Jews celebrated Passover remotely. I have not heard that Muslims have flaunted the order to not meet together.

The only non compliants that I’ve heard about are certain Christian outliers.

I think your question is off base.

I heard about it in the Middle East not nessisarily in America. Ramadan is later this month, so we'll see if Muslims are similar to Christians. I do know some Jewish are similar to the Christians in doing religious meetings despite social distancing measures.

What bothers me is those that think God will protect them from the virus. I believe we have a limited time on this Earth and that is by design of our creator whether it is God or some other deity/deities. It don't matter how we die, it was just our time to go because we lived our purpose. Anyone that thinks God was protecting them from the virus at church is just idiotic.

[victimofGM]

Originally Posted by CGab

There is no violation of your rights OP! There is not ban on practicing Religion. In most States, there is a ban on groups of over 10 people congregating in the same space at once. That doesn't mean you can't worship remotely. Most masses were done online today and have been for weeks.

Stores like Walmart are selling essential items and can not be closed. Most stores are limiting the number of people that can be inside and people are forced to be separated by at least 6 feet. Unfortunately, Churches were not enforcing the social distancing rules and have caused many to become sick and even die; therefore, most States have banned them from allowing mass on site at this time. Again, not violating your rights as many are doing online mass instead. Not to mention, one can worship at home! I don't believe there is any religion that says you MUST worship at a Church!

These band were put in place to stop the spread of a disease that is a global pandemic!

I don’t go to church. I hope all religions chose to remain close or act through other means. If they do remain open I hope they enact protective measures. I don’t want the government to enact bans on attending church services entirely.