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Greenville going too far?

PBRME

PBRME

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Church was having a parking lot service. Police pulled in and gave everyone a $500 citation.

Everyone was in their own car. Not getting out and greeting anyone. Just listening to the service on their car radios.
 
GloryDawg

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The Gov has already advised Sheriff departments not to make arrest at churches. However I do not believe Governor does not have that authority.
 
PBRME

PBRME

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Temple Baptist Church.

My church did similar last week. The pastor called the sherif to make sure it was ok. He said as long as everyone stayed in their vehicle then everything would be ok.
 
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RocketDawg

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Yeah, that's too far. If they'd gone inside, it would be a little more understandable. The reason being that even though they normally have the right to do whatever they want, if they get sick then they create an additional burden on the health care system, and that adversely affects all of us.

Drive-in theater type services seems the way to go to me, at least for the next few weeks.
 
karlchilders.sixpack

karlchilders.sixpack

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I'd say, the 6ft rule

does not really apply to someone that actually lives in your house.

Officer Fife at work.
 
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RocketDawg

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That guy was in a lot more danger of the virus sitting in the back of the police car than he was playing ball with his daughter. Common sense needs to prevail.

Thank goodness we're not under a total lockdown. We can go out for a sanity drive if we want to, and can go to "essential" stores. That said, the only place we've been to in the past couple of weeks is to the grocery store.
 
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RocketDawg

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karlchilders said:
does not really apply to someone that actually lives in your house.

Officer Fife at work.
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Hope he didn't have a bullet.

The 6-foot rule does apply in households where a member is in danger of being affected, like a health care worker, or have been exposed. Otherwise, no.
 
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PBRME said:
Church was having a parking lot service. Police pulled in and gave everyone a $500 citation.

Everyone was in their own car. Not getting out and greeting anyone. Just listening to the service on their car radios.
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That's going WAY to far.
 
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ToxicTimberDawg

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Our church got written permission from the governor's office to do this very thing. Must stay inside vehicles. Seeing as how a sheriff's deputy is in attendance each time, I don't think we will have any issues.
 
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engie

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RocketDawg said:
Have you seen the stats in Chambers County, Alabama (just north of Auburn)?

There are only 33K people there, yet they have a huge number of Covid cases, traceable to church attendance inside the church, according to https://www.al.com/news/2020/04/cha...he-worst-coronavirus-outbreak-in-alabama.html

That article is old - this morning the case count is 162 in the small county.
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Of course church buildings are a tremendous place to catch and spread the disease, also with a very high mortality rate(age of congregations). No one is arguing that. South Korea might have eradicated the virus altogether if not for some church stupidity. This doesn't have anything to do with what the thread is about however.

These people got written $500 citations for sitting in their cars and not interacting at all in the church parking lot listening to the sermon over short wave FM transmission, because a city mayor greatly overstepped his constitutional authority, basically in suppressing Christian assembly altogether, even though they were complying with all higher mandates in place. The act of writing the citations, itself, violating social distancing as well as putting both officers and congregants at risk. If they aren't quick to rethink this, Greenville will end up with a new mayor and police chief. And a new judge if this isn't thrown out with a swiftness. There's common sense -- and this isn't that.
 
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archdog

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engie said:
Of course church buildings are a tremendous place to catch and spread the disease, also with a very high mortality rate(age of congregations). No one is arguing that. South Korea might have eradicated the virus altogether if not for some church stupidity. This doesn't have anything to do with what the thread is about however.

These people got written $500 citations for sitting in their cars and not interacting at all in the church parking lot listening to the sermon over short wave FM transmission, because a city mayor greatly overstepped his constitutional authority, basically in suppressing Christian assembly altogether, even though they were complying with all higher mandates in place. The act of writing the citations, itself, violating social distancing as well as putting both officers and congregants at risk. If they aren't quick to rethink this, Greenville will end up with a new mayor and police chief. And a new judge if this isn't thrown out with a swiftness. There's common sense -- and this isn't that.
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First, the only issue I have with this is that the people's car windows are open. They are sitting literal feet from someone else that could cough, wind blows into your vehicle, everyone is covered in covid. The church should have invested in an AM radio transmitter and had everyone tune in like a drive in. Then there is literally nothing wrong with it.

This is still taken this thing too far, but there is some risk here.

I would recommend for everyone to do zoom church meetings with their sunday school classes and forget the service part, unless their church has that broadcast capability. Why risk anything.
 
tbaydog

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Do people really go places when they have the flu, church, bar,etc....when I do not feel well, I stay my *** in bed.....
 
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RocketDawg

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Agree with your second paragraph totally.

The only reason for my tangent post was to point out the need for non-congregation in churches and any other place. I'm sure some people think they are immune in a church environment, but they certainly are not.
 
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RocketDawg

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Yes, a lot of people do. I know people who wouldn't miss work, school, or church regardless of how bad they feel (unless they're bedridden by whatever they have).
 
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Did they pass around an offering plate?

You bet they did.

And that's when the cops moved in.

The devil is always in the details ... PTL, Baby, PTL!
 
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