Which states is it still "legal" to go to church?

[Dennis S]

I'm guessing Florida and Texas. What's the right answer?

[sekker]

Wrong question.

Right answer - stay home.

[CJsNvrUrly]

Not "legal" per se, but they're doing it anyway (in Virginia).
Church packed

[Dennis S]

sekker wrote:
Wrong question.

Right answer - stay home.

I'm not asking for myself. My brother and I were speculating where large amounts of the transmission was coming from.

[Speedy]

It’s legal in most every state as long as you maintain social distancing.

Here is how every state is addressing closures:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/e...56419.html

[SteveG]

The real question is who will 'Join In Jesus' when they are packing them in in Florida on Easter.

[hal]

It really saddens me that the Sacramento area is doin quite well in all of this so far EXCEPT a 71 person cluster around a church that wasn't holding gatherings in the church anymore, but they were doing many smaller gatherings in homes. They are telling the county to go jump in the lake and leave them alone. Not good...

https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/...15346.html

One church in Sacramento County is now the epicenter of a major outbreak of coronavirus, and frustrated county officials say church leaders are refusing to listen to their demands to stop fellowship meetings.

Seventy-one members of the Bethany Slavic Missionary Church near Rancho Cordova or people associated with congregation members have been afflicted with the virus, county officials say, making this one of the larger outbreak clusters in the country. One parishioner has died, officials said, and the pastor is sick.

Sacramento health officials say they have made several attempts via phone and in person this week to talk to church leaders, but have been rebuffed. The cases involve residents of Yolo and Placer counties as well.

“They’ve basically told us to leave them alone,” Sacramento County health chief Dr. Peter Beilenson said on Thursday morning. “This is extremely irresponsible and dangerous for the community.”

Beilenson said the church has stopped its weekly main services, but church members have continued to meet in groups in people’s homes for fellowship meetings. Church officials have told a county nurse that those meetings are important in their community.

[SteveG]

getting ready for the wedding

[pRICE cUBE]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS/Mormons) shut down all services and building worldwide 3 weeks ago. They sent home most missionaries serving outside the US. They made the semi annual General Conference electronic viewing only. Previously it has been held in a building that seats 18,000 people. They locked up their buildings and asked members to adhere to state and federal health mandates.

Most churches I am aware of have shut down. I think it is a small percentage that are staying open.

[hal]

pRICE cUBE wrote:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS/Mormons) shut down all services and building worldwide 3 weeks ago. They sent home most missionaries serving outside the US. They made the semi annual General Conference electronic viewing only. Previously it has been held in a building that seats 18,000 people. They locked up their buildings and asked members to adhere to state and federal health mandates. Most churches I am aware of have shut down. I think it is a small percentage that are staying open.

One thing I can say for LDS - they put the well being of their people first. And they really mean it.