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Jun 24, 2020 · For example, attendees at the Students for Trump rally at the Dream City Church in Phoenix on Tuesday mostly eschewed wearing masks and did not socially distance, instead relying on pastors who ...
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Oct 15, 2020 · President Donald Trump is again questioning the effectiveness of masks to protect against Covid-19. “The interpretation that more mask-wearers are getting infected compared to non-mask wearers ...
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Sep 25, 2020 · Trump, July 21: We’re asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask, get a mask. Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact. Whether you like the mask ...
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As a scholar who studies Christian conservatism and its impact on culture, I believe society often adopts an overly narrow understanding of how religion works. Using religion to support one’s political interests is generally viewed as a negative thing that represents the hijacking or twisting of religion. Such a view is echoed in the words of preac...
These are important considerations for the debate over masks. Using religious language to justify an anti-mask position is a move intended to amplify the voices of those who make this claim. And public health issues have long been a concern of American religious groups. For example, when it comes to childhood vaccinations, arguing for exemption on ...
Masks are a religious issue because some people have described them that way. But this does not mean that such religious claims have successfully granted them authority. Despite an existing partisan divideon the matter, there is still no widespread sentiment among Americans that a government mask mandate is religiously problematic. This means that ...
Jul 28, 2021 · Bobby Hulme-Lippert, pastor of First Presbyterian in Georgetown, Tex., said that his church went back to masks-only on Sunday after several weeks of not requiring them.
Jul 14, 2020 · The presidential cover-up, or how Trump went from shunning to wearing a mask. When President Trump wore a face mask in public for the first time this weekend, his supporters were exultant ...
Oct 2, 2020 · President Trump said he wore masks “when needed” but mocked Joseph R. Biden Jr. for regularly wearing masks in public. Doug Mills/The New York Times. April 3, at the White House: “The C.D.C ...
