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Showing Original Post only (View all)Roy Moore Says Closing Churches Is 'Tyranny,' Tells Pastors They Have Duty to Assemble [View all]
Roy Moore, the failed Senate candidate and twice-removed former Alabama chief justice, is telling pastors that it is their duty to continue church assemblies in spite of public health officials social-distancing guideline, the Alabama Political Reporter noted Wednesday.
I am writing a letter to pastors on the duty to continue church assemblies, even in the midst of these trying times, Moore said. Our faith requires it, our duty demands it, and no law or government can prohibit it.
On Twitter and Facebook, Moore has declared, When 10 people cant assemble in church or business then healthy people are being quarantined, our Constitution & faith in God is under attack, & Tyranny triumphs when fear reigns.
Businesses are closed, our economy is destroyed and churches are closed by tyrants who pander fear in the place of faith in God and our U.S. Constitution, Moore said in another tweet.
Moore is a long-time favorite of religious-right advocates for his defiance of federal court orders on church-state and LGBTQ-equality issues. Many religious-right leaders rallied unsuccessfully to save his 2017 Senate election bid after he was accused of sexual misconduct with minors when he was in his 30s. He lost the Republican primary for U.S. Senate earlier this year.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/roy-moore-says-closing-churches-is-tyranny-tells-pastors-they-have-duty-to-assemble/
I am writing a letter to pastors on the duty to continue church assemblies, even in the midst of these trying times, Moore said. Our faith requires it, our duty demands it, and no law or government can prohibit it.
On Twitter and Facebook, Moore has declared, When 10 people cant assemble in church or business then healthy people are being quarantined, our Constitution & faith in God is under attack, & Tyranny triumphs when fear reigns.
Businesses are closed, our economy is destroyed and churches are closed by tyrants who pander fear in the place of faith in God and our U.S. Constitution, Moore said in another tweet.
Moore is a long-time favorite of religious-right advocates for his defiance of federal court orders on church-state and LGBTQ-equality issues. Many religious-right leaders rallied unsuccessfully to save his 2017 Senate election bid after he was accused of sexual misconduct with minors when he was in his 30s. He lost the Republican primary for U.S. Senate earlier this year.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/roy-moore-says-closing-churches-is-tyranny-tells-pastors-they-have-duty-to-assemble/
The religious right is completely out of control and out of their minds. They really need to be put in check during this disaster.
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Roy Moore Says Closing Churches Is 'Tyranny,' Tells Pastors They Have Duty to Assemble [View all]
Initech
Mar 2020
OP
"I'm just eager to volunteer as mentor to the Tween-age Girls Group at my church!"
struggle4progress
Mar 2020
#2
No because they will still be in the grocery stores, pharmacies and anything else that's open
PA Democrat
Mar 2020
#25
How does he have time for this while looking for teenage girls to molest?
Marrah_Goodman
Mar 2020
#12
Some Christians WANT to be martyrs, they WANT to be arrested and have their churches closed down
Runningdawg
Mar 2020
#17
It's been many a year, but I know this by heart:"Wherever 2 or 3 are gathered together in My name...
Hekate
Mar 2020
#24
I guess he has to troll somewhere to find teenagers since the schools and malt shops are closed.
TruckFump
Mar 2020
#28
"Take it very seriously" - Pastor at church where 34 people came down with coronavirus
sop
Mar 2020
#32
Hey, Roy? Remember when Jesus said: "Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the test" ?
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2020
#42