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In the US, liquor and cannabis stores were often allowed to remain open, but churches were not.
Tallahassee/Florida (kath.net/LifeSiteNews/mk) The Republican-led Florida state legislature recently passed legislation designed to prevent discrimination against churches under emergency regulations. The reason was the increasing number of cases of corona regulations in the USA, which forced religious institutions to close while commercial establishments, including even liquor and cannabis stores, were allowed to remain open. Such unequal treatment, at least in Florida, will not be possible in the future because church services are classified as “essential”.
The state of California lost a Supreme Court case a year ago after a religious community challenged the ban on worship services. Florida, on the other hand, was among the few states that had already exempted religious events from the general corona lockdown in April 2020. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation last May that would make it illegal to restrict access to trades or events to those who have been vaccinated. In November, compulsory vaccinations at the workplace imposed by employers were also undermined by law because they have to provide for a number of exceptions, including for religious reasons.
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