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| Florida megachurch pastor arrested for holding crowded services Sunday |
| 2020-03-31 |
| [FoxNews] Rodney Howard-Browne, the pastor of The River at Tampa Bay Church, argued his congregation was essential, on par with Walmart. However, law enforcement officials, who said they tried to reason with him, disagreed, charging him with "unlawful assembly" and "violation of public health emergency order," Fox 29 reported. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #7 WITH HIGH RISK GROUPS TAKING PRECAUTIONS. All participants will be measured for full body condoms after the service. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-03-31 23:36 |
| #6 As long as they are not prevented during this emergency from holding virtual services that are readily available, and can go back to business as usual afterward, I don’t see that there is a legal issue. After all, teh Democratic Party and the Lions Club are equally prevented from congregating in large numbers during this time. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-03-31 22:57 |
| #5 I'm really of two minds about this. On the one hand, I think the whole reaction is a great overreaction and that services should go on as usual WITH HIGH RISK GROUPS TAKING PRECAUTIONS. On the other hand, my church did vote to go virtual only for the foreseeable future, and it does seem to be working out tolerably well. Though it does seem weird to sit in my living room and sing along with the piano just hearing my wife and me sing. |
| Posted by: Tom 2020-03-31 14:57 |
| #4 Is there going to be a Constitutional crisis over the 1st Amendment's the right of assembly? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-03-31 13:48 |
| #3 ^ Nice |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-03-31 13:00 |
| #2 Think of it as evangelical snake handling, but with little teensy nanometer-scale snakes. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-03-31 12:57 |
| #1 Matthew 6:6 |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-03-31 07:11 |