The Rooster
“Okeydoke”
This is ridiculous and a threat to all people. If religious freedom means breathing poison, then it is a cult and not a religion. No person or organization is allowed to MAKE ILL or KILL any American, actively or passively. It is out of the question!
This is arrogance and not faith.
COVID-19 will never come under control if BOZO religious groups are spreading the virus in the name of God. Church services are one of the super spreaders with only 50 people at a service. The schools will be the same way.
The practice of exempting religious gatherings from COVID-19 restrictions is a national security issue. Spreading a deadly virus is an assault on Americans. Why do we have medical doctors then? To treat errant practices by ministers?
July 20, 2020
By Valerie Strauss
Religious schools in Texas, (click here) where coronavirus rates have been spiking for weeks, do not have to follow any coronavirus-related health restrictions that local governments may impose on educational institutions because, the state’s attorney general said, it could impede the free exercise of religion.
In a July 17 letter, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that it would be unconstitutional to force religious schools to follow recommendations of health authorities about reopening schools during the pandemic, and he said they may decide for themselves “when it is safe for their communities to resume in-person instruction free from any government mandate or interference.”
“Religious private schools therefore need not comply with local public health orders to the contrary,” he wrote.
Texas in recent weeks has experienced a big spike in coronavirus cases, and many hospitals in the state are running out of space for intensive care patients, as well as ventilators, drugs and some personal protective equipment...
