The US churches and pastors ignoring 'stay-at-home' orders

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Concerted effort to protect religious freedoms is playing out as some states exempt houses of worship from stay-home orders

When a Florida pastor, who had been arrested for holding a church service despite local coronavirus restrictions, complained he was the victim of “a tyrannical government”, Ron DeSantis, the state’s Republican governor, was listening.

 

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As they should, Religion trumps science.

orwell4ever Reading between the lines the push to remain open in the US comes from the usual ‘religious’ and RW fundamentalists in both th Catholic and Reformed traditions in other words the usual suspects who act as if they have a privileged phone line to Jesus!

Great. Any church that doesn't self-isolate, doesn't stop having in-person worship, and, basically, doesn't think about the needs of the many, rather than the needs of the few... start TAXING them.

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Priest DeSantis lost the plot. The government can dictate a total closedown, especially when it has been announced Easter will be the peak in the USA. So sad to have such senseless and irresponsible priest like this one.

Perhaps they want first-hand experience of what hell is.

Well. That should get rid of that tranche of the population. result

Natural selection is being proven by people that don’t believe in it.

Darwinian experiment

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Shocking ignorance and arrogance.

“A place of religious worship is not subject to penalty” is a death sentence by ignorance. The solution to keep first wave numbers low in order to build capacity will fail. Lets watch US number of deaths after the dam fails. allpastorsareinsanelairs

Why didnt you add mosques to the title?

Let them go in and then, barricade the whole building.

It's ok, they have curative powers of prayer...

Predictable. In their eyes, rules are for other people, not for them. Could they perhaps be locked inside their churches, and let their god look after them?

sistercrow

There IS a God? And He has instructed the good reverends to hold suicide services for their congregations?

Thoughts and prayers...

Religious fanatics as well as just stupid people are quite a dangerous threat during any emergency!

Totally foolish

as US Pastors and their churches remain open during COVID-19 Pandemic...they are now on the short list for the Darwin Award

SMH! Stupid Bible thumpers are going to further the spread of the virus! Whatever let them take themselves out I guess.

You know if the followers of these churches were told to drink the kool aid like Jim Jones instructed his to do, I have no doubt they would...these preachers are the mommies and daddies these supporters need to guide them through life

Oh praise God, God over government, fear and bs

Well, they are opposed to science and evolutionary biology, 🌎 thanks them? 🤔

Ehhhh... You know, the power of the christ.

What would Jesus do? The Sermon on the Mound was outdoors. People came by the thousands. Sermon of the 5,000. A virus didn’t come. If it had, Jesus had the power to fight it. These pastors and priests don’t.

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They need their $s to keep rolling in

So when they all start dropping, will they realise he doesn’t exist?

Idiots

well, it affects their businessmodels too much, just think of all those Donations StayAtHome

let 'em all go to church and quarantine them right there and then

Terrible. Now do Muslims.

American idiots

God is waiting for them so let’s do this and make it happen sooner the better bc God is busy

GourmetVaper They are not interested in people. All they only care about is making a profit!

There is no business like show business especially in US

More Jim Jones shit just for $$&

Hallelujah! Praise be to the stupid! Let’s congregate and spread this virus!

If they didn’t pose a threat to others who actually want to stay safe I’d be okay with them going to their service and getting infected.

My Pastor mentioned how dangerous this is. The rain falls on the just and unjust.

😂🤣😅🤣😂🤡🤡🤡🤡😂🤣😅🤣 Good riddance.

what is their plan/agenda?

TrinityMustache Religious leaders; Show me the money 💰 !

Stop nannying us. Nanny your own goddamned country!

Need that money

TrinityMustache Churches need to start paying taxes if they are going to put the public at risk.

It's OK their God will save them when they meet him/her/it. The problem is their virus will infect the rest of the population.

Absolute madness...

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