Posted on 05/11/2020 3:36:02 PM PDT by Libloather
OKLAHOMA CITY - Norman Mayor Breea Clark amended her city’s reopening plan on Friday to allow churches to open immediately. The change came after admonishments from Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter and U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing that the plan discriminated against places of worship.
Clark defended her plan for churches to open on May 15 as consistent with restrictions on gatherings but said, “I will not spend years feuding with the federal government over one week.”
Hunter and Downing told Clark this week that keeping places of worship closed while some businesses were allowed to open violated First Amendment protections for religion.
In a letter sent Friday to Clark, Downing urged Clark to amend her plan, saying, “Government may not impose special restrictions on religious activity that do not also apply to similar nonreligious activity.
“For example, if a government allows professional services, personal care providers, restaurants, retail stores, and other comparable places of assembly to open … it may not order houses of worship to remain closed or otherwise impede religious gatherings. Religious institutions must not be singled out for special burdens.”
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She was a low level councilcreep or some such for a few years. The interwebs say she majored in poly sci so, she's pretty much uneducated and illiterate.
But everything about her is very careful to not mention any political party. The only reference I could find was that she attended demonrat prez debate.
My guess is she has eyes on the white house. As does every other liberal broad. Norman is a college town, Oklahoma U. That means it's dragging the state into the liberal abyss. Legal dope. Applauds fags. Etc. Etc.
She's perfect for the job. Lazy. Stupid. Corrupt. A libertarian's dream.
How generous of her.
She’s going to *allow* churches to reopen.
Because they are going to do it anyways and this way she looks like she’s still in charge.
Another damned ‘Karen’.
The Tulsa Squirrel is a leftist rag!!
“Norman is a college town, Oklahoma U. That means it’s dragging the state into the liberal abyss. Legal dope. Applauds fags. Etc. Etc”
All college towns are like that, unfortunately. BUT — Norman is a very, very small part of the 4 million people of Oklahoma. The other 98.5% or so of us who live in this state will have something to say about whether we’re dragged anywhere or not. :-)
Mayors are now issuing diktats on how people may behave and interact? From whence cometh the authority?
It is very sad that your comment is accurate (now).
My late father, a three war Marine had a degree in poly sci, from a very good school in the days when it mattered. A true patriot and constitutional conservative - I hope I can measure up to him when crunch time comes. I am a real old timer rarity. A degree in sociology and a hard core constitutionalist. In my defense, I had some great profs who were not puke libs.
there’s a facebook page started by the locals “reopen norman.” lots of interesting stuff on there. they don’t seem to happy with her.
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