A federal judge in Florida ordered a “church” hawking bleach as a holy sacrament to stop selling it as a COVID-19 cure.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1304622
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1304622
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This was an intellectual property misappropriation case brought by the Trump Organization, right?
Slap his name and face on there and they’re good to go!
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The sad thing is that they will probably end up in court over this, and it’s completely possible that their “religious freedom” angle works. If that happens, it won’t be long until we start seeing things sold without inspections, things that are harmful but sold as religiously good, all in order to get around the regulations that keep our foods and medicines safe for consumption.
Really, this whole “religious freedom” nonsense is ruining the nation, because it’s giving right wing Christians the idea that they can flout the laws and do whatever they want while hiding behind their religion. It just has to be stopped, it’s creating a special class of people, protected by judicial rulings, that are legally allowed to do harm to the rest of us.
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I don’t know who they hired for their label design - but it looks like 66% of the cannibis growers products.
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A sucker is born every minute; a religious sucker every second. Trust me, it’s not “succor” it’s most definitely “sucker”.
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Well as long as they’re feeding bleach to autistic children we don’t have anything to complain about, right?
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Despite a letter from the FDA and FTC last week ordering them to stop advertising the bleach as a COVID-19 cure, Genesis II Church kept going.
In a letter back to the FDA and FTC, Grenon essentially claimed his organization was exempt from laws regulating medical claims, arguing its distribution of “sacraments” was a matter of religious freedom.
I must have missed the section of the Bible that said “Drink Bleach!”
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In a letter back to the FDA and FTC, Grenon essentially claimed his organization was exempt from laws regulating medical claims, arguing its distribution of “sacraments” was a matter of religious freedom.
You give these “religious freedom” people an inch, and they use it as a cudgel against people they don’t like and as a shield from the laws of our country. Another horrible idea sanctioned by the Roberts SCOTUS, Inc.
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Hasn’t this stuff killed anyone? Either that or people are using it to get stains out of their white clothes.
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Morons…if they really wanted that bleach to fly off the shelves, they should label it “Bleach: A cleaning product.”
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Kills mold and mildew, too!
Maybe they should go into the cleaning business. At least that’s an honest endeavor.
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Nothing like a pandemic to bring the opportunistic crazies out of the woodwork.
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There is a fair chance that if the thinkers of the world wear their masks, practice the hygiene protocols, maintain their distance, the Trump crowd will thin out on its own.
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I wonder if I could buy some? I am out of bleach for the laundry.
Yes they would since you can’t find it easily at stores.
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I wonder how much it is. Not as cheap as a gallon of bleach, I’d bet.
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I’m finding it difficult to worry much about anyone who is stupid enough to use this stuff, much less pay money for it. Perhaps someone could hook these charlatans up with the Trump folks who are protesting the shelter in place orders. It would be a twofer.
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I’m sure not. And I saw a gallon of rubbing alcohol for sale at Etsy for over $100. That shit costs pennies in normal times.
I use gallons of it to clean pipes.
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MAGA ZPack is one part ammonia and one part bleach.
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Maybe Pope Francis will weigh in on this.
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Just wait, the new boosted version will be enhanced with Chloroquine Fish Tank Edition.
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