After apparently getting “permission” from Donald Trump, Governor has finally joined the rest of the sane portion of America by imposing a “Stay at Home” order for Florida residents and closing “non-essential” businesses...
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Florida's statewide stay-at-home order still allows gathering in places of worship
Earlier this week, a Tampa pastor was arrested after defying state and county emergency restrictions regarding the coronavirus pandemic, but now an executive order issued today from Gov. Ron DeSantis says attending church services in person is perfectly fine.
After weeks of criticism from lawmakers and the public, DeSantis finally announced an executive order calling for a statewide 30-day stay-at-home order to go into effect this Friday; the order limits movement only to essential businesses and essential activities.
The order, which you can read for yourself right here, also lists essential activities that are permitted during the 30-day period, and includes things like exercising, taking care of pets, assisting a loved one, and "religious services conducted in churches, synagogues and houses of worship."
This is notable, because on Monday evangelical pastor and diehard Trump supporter Rodney Howard-Browne of the the River Tampa Bay Church was arrested after the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office urged him not to hold two Sunday services at his megachurch, which he has previously claimed is the “most sterile building in America.”
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Golf will go on at The Villages under Gov. DeSantis' 'stay-at-home' order
THE VILLAGES, Fla. - Golf received an OK under Florida's stay-at-home advisory, though other activities will be curtailed amid concerns the
coronavirus is starting to take hold in there.
Officials in central Florida’s Sumter County, where most of The Villages retirement community is located, issued a stay-at-home advisory Tuesday recommending that residents remain at their houses except to get groceries, seek medical attention, work, care for another person or exercise outdoors.
Golf was specifically noted as permissible in the order’s exercise category. The Villages has dozens of courses. As one resident recently told The Associated Press, “This is The Villages. There would be a riot if they stopped golf.”
All is well….