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Related: About this forumWisconsin governor denies Republicans' request to allow in-person Easter and Passover services
Wisconsin governor denies Republicans' request to allow in-person Easter and Passover services during coronavirus pandemicAssembly Republicans are calling on Gov. Tony Evers to allow in-person services for Easter and Passover amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
"It is more important than ever that we allow Wisconsinites to observe their individual faiths," Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and the other members of the Assembly GOP caucus wrote in a Friday letter to Evers. "To that end, we ask that you work with Wisconsin churches and temples to allow them to hold Easter or Passover services, even if it's outside."
Evers declined the request.
"As a state and as a nation, we are heading into the worst of this public health crisis," Evers spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff said. "The governor understands that for many Wisconsinites their faith is a source of comfort, especially in these difficult times, but in order to protect the health and safety of all Wisconsinites he will not be rolling back the provisions of the Safer at Home order."
Baldauff added, "We continue to call on Republicans in the legislature to do their part to ensure public health and safety."
Read more: https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/05/wisconsin-assembly-gop-calls-person-easter-passover-services/2950830001/
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Wisconsin governor denies Republicans' request to allow in-person Easter and Passover services (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Apr 2020
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padah513
(2,675 posts)1. Save lives and do it online you big dummies!
Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." These people act like unless they're physically in the same building together, it doesn't count. I'd like to believe that God is a little smarter than that.
tanyev
(44,544 posts)2. They are free to observe their "individual faiths" individually.
kacekwl
(7,526 posts)3. How in Gauds name
are they gonna show off their Easter bonnets. How tragic.