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Jul 30, 2020 · So to return to our diocesan and parish clergy who are mandating that the faithful wear masks “to prevent the spread of the virus,” the question must be asked: where are they getting their information from—and given the science, how does their mask-requirement demonstrate concern for the genuine spiritual wellbeing of their flock?
- Website Provides Religious Exemption Cards
- What The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Says
- Mask Mandates Vary by State and Company Policies
- Legal Experts Say 1964 Civil Rights Act Doesn't Apply
- Experts Question Validity of Card Sale
- Our Rating: False
- Our Fact-Check Sources
A website called The Healthy Americanis using the same argument to sell religious mask exemption cards. “Religious Exemption: The bearer of this card is LEGALLY EXEMPT from wearing any face coverings or being subjected to temperature taking, viral testing or vaccination, as protected by U.S. Federal Law, Title II of the Civil Rights Act, U.S. Code ...
After years of advocacy from civil rights leaders, the Civil Rights Act was signedby President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, to prohibit discrimination in public places and outlaw segregation. “All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any pla...
As of August 4,34 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Ricomandated masks be worn in public places. Many states allow for exemptions for children, those with disabilities, those who are medically incapable of wearing a mask and those engaged in specific activities like exercise, eating or drinking. USA TODAY has reviewed all 36 policies and ...
Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman, who specializes in constitutional studies, with an emphasis on law and religion, said the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not grant individuals religious mask exemptions. “The government can’t discriminate against you on the basis of your religion, but it doesn’t appear to be discriminating against you here ...
And if there were a religious exemption to mask mandates recognized by the law, Feldman said the purchase of a card like the one The Healthy American is selling would not be necessary to exercise such a right. “If you really have this right, you wouldn’t need the card for it and if you don’t have this right the card can’t give it to you,” Feldman s...
Legal experts say the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not allow individuals to claim religious exemption from mask mandates. The law protects individuals from discrimination in public places, but since mask mandates are neutral and generally applicable, they are not discriminatory and, hence, the law has no application in this situation. We rate this...
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Jul 27, 2021 · Jan. 30, 2021. Building on Biden’s executive order, the CDC issues an 11-page order requiring travelers on airplanes and those using public transportation such as buses and subways to wear face ...
- deborah.netburn@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Aug 26, 2021 · St. Patrick offers an 8 a.m. “masked Mass” for parishioners who prefer that extra precaution. Many at his parish stopped wearing masks in May, and most of the current social distancing during ...
May 22, 2020 · More frequently, however, reusable masks were omitted from comparative studies. In 1975, in one of the last studies to include an industrially manufactured cotton mask, the author concluded that the reusable mask, made of four-ply cotton muslin, was superior to the popular disposable paper masks and the new synthetic respirators.
- Bruno J Strasser, Thomas Schlich
- 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31207-1
- 2020
- Lancet. 2020 4-10 July; 396(10243): 19-20.
Oct 29, 2020 · Mask Resistance During a Pandemic Isn’t New – in 1918 Many Americans Were ‘Slackers’. The last pandemic killed around 675,000 people in the U.S. alone. Widespread acceptance of cloth face coverings could help to stop history from repeating itself today. Policemen in Seattle, Washington, wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the ...
Jul 27, 2021 · Jan. 30, 2021. Building on Biden’s executive order, the CDC issues an 11-page order requiring travelers on airplanes and those using public transportation such as buses and subways to wear face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19. The order makes refusal to wear a mask a violation of federal law, enforceable by the Transportation Security ...
