# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/2040 "2020-11-26T19:45:50Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> A moderator told me to move this into the Pit, so here we go.  
> With the SCOTUS having ruled that states can’t limit church attendance during the pandemic, what’s next? Can’t close schools? Can’t close businesses? Can’t require people to wear masks?-

There’s a thread on that.

> [@Supreme Court: Religious Freedom More Important than Fighting Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-religious-freedom-more-important-than-fighting-covid/926466):
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> "The Supreme Court placed religious freedom before pandemic precautions Wednesday night, temporarily blocking recent rules in New York that severely restricted gatherings at houses of worship in areas hit hardest by COVID-19. The court’s new, more conservative majority ruled 5-4 that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s limits on churches, synagogues and other houses of worship to 10 or 25 worshipers in hard-hit regions appeared to violate the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause. “Even in a pandemic, the Co…

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