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Debate over responses to coronavirus pandemic
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Topics
Elections • Protests • Religious service restrictions • School closures • State lockdowns • Testing
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Arguments by topic
Testing • Mask requirements • School closures • Travel restrictions • Lockdown/stay-at-home orders • Expansion of absentee/mail-in voting • Religious service restrictions
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Related coronavirus coverage
Changes to elections • Federal responses • State responses
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The main areas of disagreement about religious service restrictions are:
- In favor of religious service restrictions
- Public safety priorities take precedence over religious interests
- Religious services present a higher risk than other social and business activities
- Restrictions on physical gatherings do not preclude religious practices
- Limiting religious gatherings during a pandemic aligns with most religious values
- Skepticism of religious restrictions has harmed religious communities during COVID-19
- In-person religious gatherings are not essential services
- Religious gathering restrictions do not discriminate against faiths
- Against religious service restrictions
- Religious service restrictions violate the First Amendment and religious freedom
- Religious services are essential
- Religious service restrictions put church viability at risk
- There is insufficient evidence that religious services pose a higher risk than other social and business activities
- COVID-19 religious restrictions unfair to some faiths
See also
- Documenting America's Path to Recovery
- Arguments in favor of religious service restrictions during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
- Arguments against religious service restrictions during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
| Political responses to the coronavirus pandemic, 2020-2021 |
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| | | State paths to recovery | Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
| | | State school responses | Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
| | | Coronavirus debate topics | Elections • Protests • Religious service restrictions • School closures • State lockdown
| | | Coronavirus debate by state | Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming |
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