From The Lexington Herald-Leader: Use the brain the good Lord gave you. God is real and so are pandemics.
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By PAUL PRATHER
Dozens of people from two Kentucky congregations ended up self-quarantined this past week after they ignored Gov. Andy Beshear’s plea for churches to cancel services on March 15.
These congregations held services anyway—and it turned out that worshiping among them were people already infected with COVID-19.
A Louisiana pastor was threatened with having his future church meetings broken up by the National Guard after he defied statewide orders to not meet with groups larger than 50 people. The pastor claimed the coronavirus scare was “politically motivated.”