The US churches undermining coronavirus containment efforts
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Concerted effort to protect religious freedoms is playing out as some states exempt houses of worship from stay-home orders
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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.
In executive orders issued in quick succession this week, DeSantis designated religious services as “essential activities”. Then he swept away the right of cities and counties to ban them. Continue reading...
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