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For the tens of millions of Americans of faith who worship together regularly, the onset of COVID-19 has been a spiritual tragedy. Houses of worship of every faith and denomination have been emptied by government fiat.
Perhaps failing to recognize that there is no pandemic exception to the First Amendment, government officials across the nation have deprived Americans of the ability to seek spiritual refuge in the nation's churches, synagogues and temples. In contrast, President Donald Trump recognized how this religious crackdown cuts squarely against the American faith tradition. "I think churches are essential," he has declared. And as U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge James C. Ho pointed out in his recent concurring opinion in Spell v. Edwards, "Government does not have carte blanche, even in a pandemic, to pick and choose which First Amendment rights are 'open' and which remain 'closed.'"
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https://www.newsweek.com/navy-bans-personnel-attending-church-opinion-1515162
Perhaps failing to recognize that there is no pandemic exception to the First Amendment, government officials across the nation have deprived Americans of the ability to seek spiritual refuge in the nation's churches, synagogues and temples. In contrast, President Donald Trump recognized how this religious crackdown cuts squarely against the American faith tradition. "I think churches are essential," he has declared. And as U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge James C. Ho pointed out in his recent concurring opinion in Spell v. Edwards, "Government does not have carte blanche, even in a pandemic, to pick and choose which First Amendment rights are 'open' and which remain 'closed.'"
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https://www.newsweek.com/navy-bans-personnel-attending-church-opinion-1515162
