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struggle4progress

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34. I'm sure my church council won't be re-opening our church until they think it's safe

Reply to GreatCaesarsGhost (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2020, 10:32 AM

May 2020

It's an older and educated congregation, with lots of retired doctors and nurses and public health folk

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"I will overide the governors" [View all] GreatCaesarsGhost May 2020 OP

Good luck with that, asshole. demmiblue May 2020 #1

And when asked how he would do that MurrayDelph May 2020 #28

He already abdicated Historic NY May 2020 #2

He can't. States' rights and all that. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #3

I believe he can. EndlessWire May 2020 #9

Emergency? Grifter preachers aren't getting enough contact with their marks? blm May 2020 #15

That doesn't override the Constitution. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #21

States' rights only apply to red states Retrograde May 2020 #31

He is trying to create upheaval rufus dog May 2020 #4

He Sees Religious People As A Voting Block And... global1 May 2020 #5

Well, if he opens up the churches... Salviati May 2020 #11

When Rome says "NO" to opening Churches, who's he gonna fight, the Pope? Don't think so. n/t monmouth4 May 2020 #13

Well, all the fundie whackadoo churches aren't going to listen to what the pope says. Salviati May 2020 #17

The fundies won't listen to the Pope, thank gawd but as you say, responsible Christians help others monmouth4 May 2020 #18

The only problem is that their bad behavior ruins things for the rest of us. Salviati May 2020 #29

From Holy Name Cathedral In Chicago - Their Plan For Re-0pening..... global1 May 2020 #27

Houston Catholic church closes after 5 leaders get COVID-19 BrightKnight May 2020 #33

... and he wants to kill them off. Oh, wait, the ones who go back are the ones who vote for him Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #23

Brilliant... SidDithers May 2020 #6

As Chump was making his pronouncement, Gov. Gina Raimondo Totally Tunsie May 2020 #7

NEXT: Trump orders governors to resume electric-chair executions dalton99a May 2020 #8

A bigish pile must have emergency landed on Death Count Donnie's offering plate? Brainfodder May 2020 #10

A president that can order all churches open could order all of them burned to the ground SoonerPride May 2020 #12

Separation of church and state keithbvadu2 May 2020 #22

Exactly! SoonerPride May 2020 #30

Just more red meat to the base. Liberal In Texas May 2020 #14

States arn't delivering enough dead people to the Altar of Trump. Elwood P Dowd May 2020 #16

They can read from the book of Covid lame54 May 2020 #19

not enough bdamomma May 2020 #20

Let the churches open up. avebury May 2020 #24

Sowing discord again dreamland May 2020 #25

Does Trump understand opening the churches will infect a large part of his base? dlk May 2020 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author BrightKnight May 2020 #32

I'm sure my church council won't be re-opening our church until they think it's safe struggle4progress May 2020 #34

A priest in SC just said that he would comply SCantiGOP May 2020 #35