1 / 3Virus Outbreak Kentucky ChurchesFILE - In this Sunday, May 3, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during a news conference at the state's Emergency Operations Center at the Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky., about the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, May 8, 2020, a federal court halted Beshear's temporary ban on mass gatherings from applying to in-person religious services, clearing the way for Sunday church services. FRANKFORT, Ky.
Exceptions to the Democratic governor's shutdown order include trips to the grocery store, bank, pharmacy and hardware store. Beshear had previously announced that places of worship in Kentucky will be able to once again hold in-person services starting May 20, as part of a broader plan to gradually reopen the state’s economy.
Story continues“The Constitution will endure. It would be easy to put it on the shelf in times like this, to be pulled down and dusted off when more convenient,” Van Tatenhove's opinion read. “But that is not our tradition. Its enduring quality requires that it be respected even when it is hard.” A three-judge federal appeal court panel had last week cleared the way for Maryville Baptist Church to hold drive-in worship services while adhering to public health requirements, an alternative that Beshear has strongly encouraged throughout the coronavirus pandemic. But that panel had stopped short of applying its order to in-person worship services.
You noticed how the headline was written to in double negative to mislead from what actually happened. Should read: Court allows mass gathering at Kentucky churches.
Personal responsibility. What a concept!!! People have a right to live their lives and make their own decisions about their safety. The government overreach for a Virus is out of control. Americans can NEVER let this happen again or we will never be free again.