Serowbot wrote on 11/27/20 at 06:36:16:WebsterMark wrote on 11/26/20 at 05:39:26:Seems hard to argue against logic.
As Gorsuch wrote: “It is time — past time — to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques,”
Churches have congregations. Liquor stores and bicycle shops don't.
The express purpose of a church is to congregate.
In a pandemic, doesn't it seem important?
We're not allowing arenas to be used for the same reason.
The restrictions are nothing to do with religious persecution.
Yes we are using arenas. I saw a football game yesterday with 30k in attendance. They split them out by family groups and distance apart.
Many government office buildings are open and accommodations made. Those were deemed necessary.
The majority found religious services, which is a topic expressly mentioned in the Constitution, to be necessary and decided they could be conducted safely.
Interestingly, the mayor of NY was asked about the risk from BLM protestors gather in such close quarters and his response was essentially “the ends justified the means” To be fair, he’s an idiot, but only marginally more so than the governor.