<div dir="ltr">As an atheist, I don't have a dog in the fight on anything other than principles, but yes, there has been friction between churches attempting to hold a physical service even with social distancing involved. Chicago is one example of this if you do some googling. There are others. I don't know if anyone has actually been arrested over it. <div><br></div><div>I find it interesting that BLM marches are fine and no threat to the public health as far as government officials in supportive municipalities are concerned, but anything they're not a fan of does not get the same treatment. That idiot DiBlasio believes social justice is a larger concern than public health but does not apply the same rubric to churches (or businesses): <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-black-lives-matter-marches-can-continue-despite-large-event-ban-de-blasio-says">https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-black-lives-matter-marches-can-continue-despite-large-event-ban-de-blasio-says</a> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 12:48 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">dylan wrote - <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Abolishing the freedom to worship is another. I'm sure there are many more egregious ones as well. This is still a free country in theory last time I checked.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Once upon a time prayer in schools was a big issue - remember that? They didn't get what they wanted out of the Supreme Court, who maintained that prayer was certainly not prohibited. Anyone could pray all they wanted to - just not out loud at a school function. Churches are now told not to hold meetings. That does not prohibit them from having online services or anything else except large meetings of people. And in fact no church meetings have been broken up (have they?) or anyone arrested for meeting (same Q). bill w</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 11:31 AM Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">There are a lot of mandated CV-19 requirements right now that likely would not stand up if challenged in court. NY is forcing incoming domestic air travelers to fill out a detailed questionnaire upon disembarking with a fine of $2000 for non-compliance. That's just one recent example. Abolishing the freedom to worship is another.
I'm sure there are many more egregious ones as well.
This is still a free country in theory last time I checked.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 12:18 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Some virus statistics<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">>…<span style="color:black">Our Mississippi governor has finally seen the light. Not wearing one for months and not mandating it for anyone, he finally issued the order, which he says has no real legal stance</span>…<span style="color:black"> bill w<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The governor has no legal authority to order civilians to wear anything. He is telling the truth.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">spike<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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