(CNSNews.com) – President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is issuing new guidance for churches through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to deem houses of worship as “essential.”
He ordered all churches, synagogues, and mosques to open now, adding that he is overruling the nation’s governors.
“At my direction, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing guidance for communities of faith. I want to thank Dr. Redfield and the CDC for their work on this matter, and all the other work they’ve been doing over the past what now seems like a long period of time,” the president said at a White House press briefing.
“Today I am identifying houses of worship, churches, synagogues, and mosques, as essential places that provide essential services. Some governors have deemed the liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential, but have left out churches and other houses of worship. It’s not right. So, I’m correcting this injustice and calling houses of worship essential,” Trump said. …
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