Showing posts with label pandemic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pandemic. Show all posts
Sunday, December 6, 2020

As Arkansas Governor and Med School Chancellor Warn We Are at a Critical Point, Arkansas Attorney General Rutledge Tweets Photos of Maskless Gathering

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  Leslie Rutledge on Twitter This is Arkansas's Republican attorney general Leslie Rutledge on December 4.
Monday, July 13, 2020

News Commentary in Time of Plague: 43 Pages of Obituaries in Houston Today (and the Role Many US Christians Are Playing in the Pandemic)

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OUR LOCAL PAPER: The Houston Chronicle obituary section was 43 pages today. Let that sink in. — Rogelio Garcia Lawyer (@LawyerRogelio...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Reaping the Whirlwind: America Now Confronts the Reality of Its 2016 Election

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People Can Only Bear So Much Injustice Before Lashing Out via @thenation https://t.co/qevqJ0pvk4 — 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝔻. 𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕖𝕪 🌈 ...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

As US President Demands That Churches Re-Open, Case Study from Minnesota

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Friday, May 22, 2020

In a Play to His Base, US President Demands That Churches Open "Right Now": Twitter Talks Back

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President Trump says the country must reopen churches and other places of worship because they are essential. He said, “If they don’t d...

As US President Demands That Churches Be Re-Opened, Tragic Failure of Imagination of Many US Christians Driving Re-Opening Project

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There are times in history when it becomes apparent that the human community (or portions thereof) cannot continue doing business as usua...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

As Churches Re-Open Across US, CDC Issues Report on Arkansas Church in Which a COVID Cluster Spread into Wider Community

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In the current pandemic, churches and church gatherings have proven repeatedly to be a perfect petri dish for spread of coronavirus inf...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols Calls for Catholic Churches to Be Allowed to Reopen Before Others: My Reflections

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Harriet Sherwood reports in the London paper The Guardian today that the Catholic archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols,...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Remember the Discussion Here About Dangers of Singing Together in Churches During Pandemic? See the Update Below

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After choir practice in Skagit County, #Washington , 52 members became ill with #COVID19 symptoms. COVID-19 spreads easily between people...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Here's How I See the Response to the Pandemic Playing Out Now in the United States: People Who Will Pay Highest Price for "Re-Opening" Are the Vulnerable, Elderly, Poor, Minorities

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The U.S. just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO. At least 2,909 people died of Covid...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Whose Life Is Expendable, Whose Is Not? More on Tacit Agenda of the "Pro-Life" Party Supported by White Christians to "Re-Open" US

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Two days ago, I wrote ,  What most "pro-life" white Christian Republicans will not say out loud right now — though an inc...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

Facts, Numbers, Trump's Real Pandemic Record — and Continued Truth-Skirting of "Pro-Life" White Christians as Death Tolls Mount

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In my absolutely darkest moments right after the 2016 election I could not imagine this moment: thousands of Americans dying a day, an ec...
Sunday, April 5, 2020

Some Churches Holding Palm Sunday Services in States Across US: Reuters' Documentation, April 5, 2020

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Editorial Board: A response to "We Are An Easter People" While clearly a cri de coeur from those who, like we, desperately mis...

Today's Guardian on Growing Backlash to Appeals to Cease Religious Gatherings, Fueled by Top GOP Leaders

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Since it appears some people just do not intend to get what's going on with some communities of faith — churches, notably — in the ...
Saturday, April 4, 2020

Quote for Day: Right-Wing Evangelical Churches Want to Resist Closing Services — But Risk Killing Off Their Congregations

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David Neiwert, " Evangelical churches run smack into coronavirus' lethal reality, but some continue to resist " David N...
Friday, April 3, 2020

As Some Officials Exempt Religions Gatherings from Stay-at-Home Directives, Medical and Legal Experts Respond to "Incredibly Bad Idea"

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St. Ambrose of Milan, Cain and Abel , book 1, chapter 1, 3-4, from " Advice on Prayer — Ambrose, " at Crossroads Initiative  ...