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BowlBrother85 said:
That is not true. The Free Exercise Clause does not prohibit the government from enforcing its laws, even when those laws run counter to religious practices. This is why the United States government is just when prohibiting bigamy on the part of Mormons.

REYNOLDS v. UNITED STATES (1878)

Of federal territorial laws, the Supreme Court said: "Laws are made for the government of actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious beliefs and opinions, they may interfere with practices." If there is a law or ordinance prohibiting assembly during a time of quarantine, the government may enforce such a law as it pertains to church services.
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The US government isn’t just in prohibiting bigamy regardless of what the SC says.
 
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Google Allies are Politicizing a Pandemic to Avoid Accountability

In 2008, in the midst of our financial meltdown, future-Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel infamously proclaimed: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. I mean, it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.”

Following Rahm Emanuel’s playbook today, Big Tech is attempting to capitalize on the coronavirus, the Wuhan-originated pandemic which may cause the biggest public-health and financial crisis we’ve ever faced, by making wholly unrelated demands for: (1) blanket amnesty from antitrust laws; and (2) continued coddling by Uncle Sam (since 1996) in the form of the sweetheart Section 230 immunity Big Tech enjoys from defamation lawsuits based upon what their users post online (while Big Tech continues to hugely profit from those defamatory posts).

And how does Big Tech justify their unrelated demands during a crisis? Because Google built a single website under pressure from the President of the United States? (Let’s remember, Google didn't build this coronavirus website simply because they are Good Samaritans. Google will likely hugely profit from the massive amounts of personal-health data that it will collect. Again, Google won’t let this crisis go to waste.)

To give you a flavor of just how tone deaf the tech lobby is, consider the recent plea from Google-funded AEI entitled “COVID-19 has demonstrated the folly of some tech policies.” Among other items, AEI calls for antitrust agencies to drop investigations into platforms like Google because “left to their devices” the agencies “could destroy the very systems that provide critical functions during the crisis.” For AEI, it is as if Google is the Internet; as if Google is single-handedly saving the world from COVID-19, a billion dollars at a time. As if, yet again, Google should be above the law.

In making its argument, AEI misses the entire lesson in COVID-19 for internet policy. It is most certainly not that antitrust investigations into Google should be dropped. Quite the opposite. If anything, the past weeks have shown just how unfulfilled the promise of the internet actually is because of companies like Google. This unfulfilled promise is due to behemoth platforms such as Google that have stymied innovation and competition from upstart rivals that might, actually, have made a difference at a time like this. In other words, the lack of innovation due to Google’s anticompetitive conduct is precisely why we have the sub-optimal internet we have.

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Google Allies are Politicizing a Pandemic to Avoid Accountability
 
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evillawyer said:
No wonder Trump loves the My Pillow guy

"In January 2017, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) announced it had revoked the accreditation for MyPillow and had lowered their rating from an A+ to an F[31] based upon numerous consumer complaints. The main issue addressed by the BBB was the constant use of their buy one, get one free offer. The BBB's Code of Advertising requires that offers or discounts must be made for a limited time, or the deal becomes the normal price of the product.[32]
A Consumer Reports review of the company’s pillows found a mixed reception to them, finding that “only one-third of the group said they would buy My Pillow again.” [33]"
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We have their pillows and they are the best.
 
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evillawyer said:
No wonder Trump loves the My Pillow guy

"In January 2017, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) announced it had revoked the accreditation for MyPillow and had lowered their rating from an A+ to an F[31] based upon numerous consumer complaints. The main issue addressed by the BBB was the constant use of their buy one, get one free offer. The BBB's Code of Advertising requires that offers or discounts must be made for a limited time, or the deal becomes the normal price of the product.[32]
A Consumer Reports review of the company’s pillows found a mixed reception to them, finding that “only one-third of the group said they would buy My Pillow again.” [33]"
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Wgaff? Can't you just be happy that his company is making masks? Maybe one will help you at some point.
 
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So, Liquor store was curbside only... after about 30 mins discussing what they did and didn't have while standing in front of the door, I ended up with a half gallon of Gilbey's Gin. whatever... it''ll do.
 
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Stew Cook said:
So, Liquor store was curbside only... after about 30 mins discussing what they did and didn't have while standing in front of the door, I ended up with a half gallon of Gilbey's Gin. whatever... it''ll do.
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ginger ale, lemon juice and club soda - Gin Buck (technically you don't need the club soda but I like it less sweet than all ginger ale)

or you could pre-treat your Corona with a Gin and Tonic
 
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