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A couple points.

Sure, but that doesn't extend to rioting and looting.

The government has been restricting our first amendment rights to assemble for covid for 3 months. It's illegal to hold church services right now. Are we in a public heath emergency or not?




The Supreme Court has ruled on religious freedom during a pandemic and found that the 1st Amendment rights of religious organizations were not violated as the restrictions on gathering in public applied equally to everyone.

You may disagree with the ruling, but it’s case law and reality in the US now.


>>Sure, but that doesn't extend to rioting and looting.

The state (i.e. the police) also don't have the right to murder people without provocation, yet they routinely get away with it. So here we are.


Right, government should not have the right to shutdown churches or the press or political rallies. We ostensibly hold these shared American values but it always breaks down along partisan lines.




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