For our our faith-based residents who are concerned about religious issues and Mr. Cuomo etal.
Numerous sources--here are just two---as always, excerpted only--read the entire articles at the links provided:
---NEW YORK PASTOR THREATENED WITH THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE FOR HOLDING DRIVE-IN CHURCH SERVICE: A New York church with 40 members held a drive-in service Sunday after being warned by police that it was a violation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic. Pastor
Samson Ryman, who leads Central Bible Baptist Church in upstate New
York, held his first drive-in service May 3 with 23 attendees in 18
vehicles. The next day the Massena Police Department issued an informal
cease-and-desist to the pastor. "I
was kind of shocked by that," Ryman told Fox News. Before holding the
service, he got permission from state and local officials. FOX NEWS https://www.foxnews.com/us/coronavirus-new-york-church-police-drive-in-service
--NY TV 7 NEWS: MASSENA,
N.Y. (WWNY) - A Massena church says it was threatened with a fine over
its drive-in service. They say it’s a matter of religious freedom and
safe. They’ll keep doing it.Central
Bible Baptist Church is where Pastor Samson Ryman would like to be
preaching. But May 3 he was preaching outside and again this past
Sunday.“It's
something different. It's neat. It's something to remember by. Go down
in history to say, 'Hey we did drive-in service – during this pandemic -
this time,'” said Ryman. But
after the May 3 service Ryman said he got a call from police. They said
it violated the governor's order on COVID-19 and social distancing.
They said he could be fined $1,000. MORE AT https://www.wwnytv.com/2020/05/18/did-massena-church-violate-social-distancing-rules/
YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN....THE DOJ'S RECENT RULING---THERE IS NO PANDEMIC EXCEPTION TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/05/in-case-you-missed-it-religion-there-is.html
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