# I pit singing Christians not wearing masks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 25, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467 "2020-09-25T03:08:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/1 "2020-09-25T03:08:12Z")
I am now in a house where FOX is on a lot. I am never in the room but sometimes I hear things from another room. Today one of Tucker’s lead stories was about some Christians who were cited, and a couple of them arrested, for not wearing masks at a public event in Idaho. Tucker said, "Was this Moscow, Idaho, or Moscow, Russia? My God what a wit he has ( the vile Laura Ingram repeated it later). I waited a few hours for news stories to come out that were not from right-wing or Christian sites, which were predictably hysterical. This is what happened - the event was organized by a pastor, Ben Zornes, to protest against the mask ordinance in the town. He told the people there that they might get cited or arrested. Until today, no one has been cited. _[Police Chief] Fry said the department has been “very lenient” on enforcing the order and that officers have tried to work with groups to prevent situations like the church’s mask protest._ _“But at some point in time you have to enforce,” Fry said._ _Zornes said police officers calmly made it clear they were going to enforce the face mask order with arrests, but said the arrests were not justified._ _“We were just singing songs,” Zornes said._ No, you were blatantly breaking the law you fucking moron. I thought law and order was supposed to be important to Trumpers. One of the people who was arrested went on Ingram’s show to complain about the tyranny of the police arresting him. Must have missed that part when he read about civil disobedience. Ingram said that until now there had been about 300 cases of COVID, and no deaths. Wonder why? Moscow, Idaho has about the same population as my hometown, where I am now. Until restrictions were relaxed and the students came back, only a few cases. Then there were a few hundred and rising quickly and restaurants went back to take out only, and mask ordinances enforced, and now there are no new cases. _We wanted to make a statement we’re ready to head back to normal,” Zornes told the Moscow-Pullman Daily News._ He can have his normal, I’ll take mine. > **[3 Arrested at Idaho Church Singing Event to Flout Mask Order](https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho/articles/2020-09-24/3-arrested-at-idaho-church-singing-event-to-flout-mask-order)** > > Three people have been arrested after an Idaho church held a psalm singing event without masks in a city hall parking lot in violation of a town’s mask order. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/2 "2020-09-25T13:42:33Z")
These maskholes are mostly members of Christ Church. It is a far-right nutjob religion lead by Doug Wilson who thinks slavery in the US wasn’t a big deal. > **[Douglas Wilson (theologian)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Wilson_(theologian)#Southern_slavery)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Douglas James Wilson (born 1953) is a conservative Reformed and evangelical theologian, pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, faculty member at New Saint Andrews College, and author and speaker. Wilson is known for his controversial work Southern Slavery, As It Was, which he coauthored with Steve Wilkins. He is also featured in the documentary film Collision documenting his debates with anti-theist Christopher Hitchens on their promotional tou... There is a lot more bad history with this nutty group of morons. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/3 "2020-09-25T14:01:23Z")
Pff, Idaho’s gonna Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/4 "2020-09-25T14:37:28Z")
True, true. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/5 "2020-09-26T14:09:50Z")
The numbnuts had another psalm sing last night and now the city is cancelling today’s farmers market due to threats and anticipated protests: > **[Moscow Farmers Market Cancelled Due to Concerns Over Possible Demonstrations](https://www.bigcountrynewsconnection.com/idaho/moscow-farmers-market-cancelled-due-to-concerns-over-possible-demonstrations/article_b92beff6-ff84-11ea-aa8f-1b3a75fcc169.html)** > > MOSCOW, ID - Citing concerns for a potentially hostile situation, the Moscow Farmers Market has been cancelled for this Saturday. The closure is specifically due to significant public safety concerns > **[City of Moscow reportedly receiving threats of gatherings that "may escalate...](https://www.bigcountrynewsconnection.com/idaho/city-of-moscow-reportedly-receiving-threats-of-gatherings-that-may-escalate-to-violence/article_81f2a934-ff76-11ea-a036-ab9a916c2840.html)** > > MOSCOW, ID - A press release from the City of Moscow on Friday afternoon says city officials have received threats following the Wednesday "Psalm Sing" gathering in the public parking The white supremacy group, Proud Boys, are descending on Portland today as well. Looks to be a great white revival in the northwest. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/6 "2021-11-03T14:03:46Z")
Reviving this thread to link to a new article about the zany Christ Church out of Moscow, ID: > **[‘Make it a Christian town’: the ultra-conservative church on the rise in Idaho](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/christ-church-idaho-theocracy-us-america)** > > Increased influence of Christ Church, whose leader wants to create US ‘theocracy’, comes as social conservatives seek to gain wider foothold ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/7 "2021-11-03T14:22:19Z")
Nothing says “love your neighbor” like spreading communicable diseases. Just like Christians don’t wear condoms when employing prostitutes. /sarcasm ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/8 "2021-11-03T14:56:23Z")
There’s apparently a real feeling among the more fundamentalist/evangelical/conservative Christian sects that things like restrictions on worship services are some sort of violation of the separation of church and state. Never mind that it’s a universal issue- it’s not like the local governments are applying this differently to Christian churches vs. synagogues, mosques, Buddhist temples, etc… Or anything else- they’re generally blanket prohibitions on gatherings above a certain size, or mask-wearing requirements that are independent of religion. Anyway, if it’s not a real feeling, the lizard politicians on that side of the aisle are trying to make it so- Texas just passed a proposition yesterday that reads as follows: > Sec.6-a. This state or a political subdivision of this state may not enact, adopt, or issue a statute, order, proclamation, decision, or rule that prohibits or limits religious services, including religious services conducted in churches, congregations, and places of worship, in this state by a religious organization established to support and serve the propagation of a sincerely held religious belief.[[5]](https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Proposition_3,_Prohibition_on_Limiting_Religious_Services_or_Organizations_Amendment_(2021)#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-5) So basically in the face of some sort of contagion in the future, the state is now prohibited from limiting or stopping religious services. What a bunch of geniuses we’ve elected, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/9 "2021-11-03T15:00:43Z")
Two-tiered citizenship. How nice. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/10 "2021-11-04T18:45:59Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > The pamphlet stated that “slavery produced in the South a genuine affection between the races that we believe we can say has never existed in any nation before the War or since.” Fuck that guy sideways with a piledriver, and then force him to pick cotton for forty years while wearing iron shackles. _Then_ have him write a new pamphlet rhapsodizing about the affection between slave and slaver. Praise the lord. Amen. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-singing-christians-not-wearing-masks/921467/11 "2021-11-04T18:49:36Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Nothing says “love your neighbor” like spreading communicable diseases. Just like Christians don’t wear condoms when employing prostitutes. -/sarcasm The wanton slut deserves whatever she catches. /more sarcasm