Kansas Gov Sues GOP Lawmakers Over Church Gatherings

The fight between Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) and the state’s Republican legislature escalated Thursday, with the governor suing in state Supreme Court after GOP congressional leaders overturned her order banning church gatherings of ten people or more.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1302972

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Dear morans: that whole resurrection bit?

You can’t do that.

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The probability is near 100%.

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“Not only does this action threaten the lives of Kansans, it runs directly contrary to the Kansas Constitution,” Kelly’s lawyers wrote in a court filing. - Gov Kelly (D)

Likewise, Kansas’ Attorney General Derek Schmidt (R) called the substance of the order “sound public health advice,” while telling police officers and prosecutors statewide not to enforce it.

Greed-Over-People Party = Stupid is as stupid does!

Let’s NOT forget that in another state, TX Lt. Gov essentially implied that it is…
OK to KAG (Kill American Geriatrics) for Wallstreet/Trump$$$!

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In Matthew Jesus is said to have criticized the spiritually proud who insist on praying loudly in the temples and in the town squares, so that they may be seen.

Rather, he urged them to go home, close their door, and pray in private since, after all, “your Lord can hear you.”

If he were here today he would get crucified for that comment.

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" Kansas Gov Sues State Legislature In Fight Over Ban On Church Gatherings"

" Dysfunction is defined as an abnormality or impairment, or a deviation from accepted social behavior."

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Seems be in the water around here in East TN. Yesterday and again today in my mailbox was a postcard inviting me to Easter Services. Both mega Baptist churches. One has a pastor who can speak a complete sentence without an “F” word. The other I used to work with on a side job and heard nothing but outright lies and bigotry, and he was proud of it. Why anyone with a 1/2 gram of brains would want to attend either church at anytime is beyond me, even more insane at this time.

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One thing I noticed… At least here in Georgia, If you go to an H-Mart (Korean Supermarket) you see most of the customers (a few exceptions among white customers) and absolutely all employees wearing masks and gloves, and they started doing it since early February. But other supermarkets in the area like Kroger or Publix even yesterday most employees and customers were still not wearing masks.

Maybe Koreans take that kind of thing seriously, and that is why South Korea got things under control so quickly.

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Let them be. It could be, literally, their funeral.

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You mean an Easter service to die for?

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Not only does this action threaten the lives of Kansans, it runs directly contrary to the Kansas Constitution,” Kelly’s lawyers wrote in a court filing. “If the legislature seeks to amend the Kansas Emergency Management Act, it must do so by way of the constitutionally prescribed legislative process — not by mere concurrent resolution.”

Is English a second language in KS?..is a merciful God so craven … welcoming innocents to his Kingdom?

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I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield
Listening to gospel music on the colored radio station

And the preacher said, you know you always have the Lord by your side
And I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran

Twenty red lights in his honor
Thank you Jesus, thank you Lord

tip of hat to the Stones

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You can say that, but these folks will then further the community spread into non-Trump Kansans (and possibly beyond.) Also, as far as I know, deliberately wishing harm and death upon others violates the principles of every major religion.

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Authoritarian power grab #1: Restrict or eliminate mail-in voting.
Authoritarian power grab #2: Reject constitutionally-required legislative roles and limits.
Authoritarian power grab #3: Invest all rule-making authority in a tiny group.
Authoritarian power grab #4: Disavow science to support “religious freedom.”
Authoritarian power grab #5: Support a contradiction: we must open churches to let people gather whom we implore not to gather.

The Kansas GOP - leading.

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They are following the lead of this man

Instead of this man.

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“I am confident Kansans of faith can be trusted to follow that important advice without their government threatening criminal sanctions for disobedience,” he said.

If he really believes what he said then he has no reason to oppose the threat of criminal sanctions because they will never become an issue for Kansans of faith.

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I think that comments like that were one of the reasons he was crucified 2000+ years ago.
Just sayin’.

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