Does Ron DeSantis' stay-at-home order allow megachurches to continue meeting? Looks like it

[babylonsister]

Does Ron DeSantis’ stay-at-home order allow megachurches to continue meeting? Looks like it
The order exempts religious services as an essential activity.
By Janelle Irwin Taylor
on April 1, 2020


Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statewide stay-at-home order Wednesday that will go into effect Friday, but it might have one glaring hole that would allow churches or other religious gathering places to continue to hold in-person religious services regardless of the number of people in attendance and without regard to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention social distancing guidelines.

The order exempts “attending religious services conducted in churches, synagogues and houses of worship.”

That loophole could be a potentially huge deal in Hillsborough County where a Brandon megachurch pastor was arrested this week for holding church services in violation of a local ordinance prohibiting gatherings of 10 or more people, though at least one county official doesn’t see it being a problem and the language appears to allow local orders to maintain stricter guidelines than the state order.

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[dhill926]

1. more religious insanity...

must be in a hurry to meet their maker...

[Karadeniz]

2. Is the entire GOP just lost to incompetence?

[Thunderbeast]

3. I am fine with their desire to "meet their maker".

Just don't waste a ventilator or hospital bed on them when they get sick. Take them back to their arena church. Jeebus will take care of them...and their pastor.

[babylonsister]

4. I'm not fine with any of them infecting us. nt

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[Sancho]

6. I think it's called the Darwin Order....