Dr. Marc Siegel reacts to leaders restricting religious liberties in the name of 'science'
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So now we have a third one: the
coronavirus vaccine.
In a ruling on Thanksgiving Eve,
the New Amy Coney Barrett Court
threw out Andrew Cuomos
arbitrary coronavirus
restrictions on houses of
worship
on Thursday Andrew Cuomo reacted
to the news that his tyranny is
not in fact, legal.
I think that Supreme Court
ruling on the religious
gatherings is more illustrative
of the Supreme Court than
anything else,
its irrelevant from any
practical impact, because the
zone that they were talking
about has already been moot.
It expired last week,
so I think this was really just
an opportunity for the court to
express its philosophy.
Supreme court rulings
are irrelevant
good to know. Thank you
governor,
to be fair, its easy to single
out a Cuomo for rank hypocrisy.
Just today on Twitter, the
governors brother, the
exquisitely sculpted body
builder, Chris Cuomo, explained
why he is not giving up smoking.
My lungs are okay,
we all know the guidance.
Now you do you,
I do me,
in other words, rules and
guidance are for the little
people
attitude endemic in the
Democratic Party from Nancy
Pelosi to Dianne Feinstein, to
Gavin Newsom to that mayor in
Denver,
new Jerseys Governor Phil
Murphy about the crack down on
crunches in his state
heres how he dodged the issue.
Large gatherings are banned,
but liquor stores are deemed an
essential service.
You have closed church services
and synagogue services and
arrested people for attempting
to attend them.
Did anyone say that maybe
practicing your faith might be
important to someones mental
health?
Listen. I think we have had a
very good, a good common
ground with faith leaders of
literally every faith who
understand this.
Was there ever any
scientific basis for these
restrictions on churches,
MARC Siegel, Fox NEWS, medical
contributor and the author of
Covid, the politics of fear and the power of science?
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Well, there was never any
science behind that mark.
First of all, its a historic
day when the Supreme Court rules
like this on behalf of the
constitution and the first
amendment
so hats off to the Supreme Court
to have that courage in the face
of the secular reality that
were facing more and more here,
you realize a place like Saint
Patricks Cathedral has over
three thousand people can go in there, but
under those red zones that the
governor was talking about.
Well, they may be off for today,
but maybe be back on tomorrow.
You could let ten people in
there
and the same with Temple Emanuel
over one thousand people
under the red zone. You could let
ten people in there under the
orange. It would be twenty five
that could come back
and what about the fact that the
churches and synagogues have
tried so hard to have physical
distancing to set things up
carefully and when you are in
prey, you know you are not
screaming like you might be in a
bar when you are getting drunk
and by the way, Neil Gorsuch
Supreme Court Justice, Neil
Gorsuch said how come, and he
is quite right about this.
How come a bar and a liquor
store and a bike shop are
essential businesses, but a
church is not an essential
business.
Have you been in a liquor store
lately mark
when you are in a liquor, store
people have their masks hanging
off, buying begin buying, buying g?
I have been in bike shops
because im a cyclist and
mountain biker.
I will tell what you im doing
during this pandemic. Im fixing
my own tire
for some people, liquor might be
their religion.
Maybe alcohol is somebodys
religion,
but its not the same thing,
and I think that essential
businesses are churches and
synagogues
by the way to go beyond Supreme
Court justice. Gorsuch here. Do
you know, insurance brokers are
considered essential business.
We may look as a secular, soulist
future where only insurers are
only around.
I want to say this were in the
middle of a pandemic.
It may even be a biblical
plague mark
it may even be mark. It may be a
biblical plague.
What can we do in the face of
this?
We can get together and we can
pray
oddly enough thats. Why,
four hundred years ago, the Puritans set
sail for Plymouth Rock to be
able to worship freely in public
and four centuries later we need
to get a 5 4 Supreme Court
decision on whether what the
Puritans came looking for is
still legal in America.
Dr Siegel, thank you very much.
We always appreciate hearing
from an actual medical
professional on other networks,
its unhinged news anchors, who.
Transcript generated on 2020-11-29.