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Why do we have to wear face masks? The official answer changes from week to week. “It’s a patriotic responsibility, for God’s sake,” President Biden said when asked on April 30 why he still did despite being vaccinated against Covid-19. But last week he recast mask mandates as a coercive sanction against the unvaccinated. “The rule is now simple: get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do,” he tweeted [last] Thursday.
In fact, no rule had changed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention merely issued “guidance” that if you’re fully vaccinated, “you can resume activities without wearing a mask … except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations.”
Critics argue that masking has become a form of virtue signaling. Mr. Biden reinforced that claim with his appeals to patriotism, which began during last year’s campaign as a rebuttal to the mask-resistant President Trump. But if wearing a mask conveys a political message, mandating it is constitutionally suspect. “No official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein,” Justice Robert Jackson wrote in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), which held that forcing schoolchildren to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance violated their freedom of speech.
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In fact, no rule had changed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention merely issued “guidance” that if you’re fully vaccinated, “you can resume activities without wearing a mask … except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations.”
Critics argue that masking has become a form of virtue signaling. Mr. Biden reinforced that claim with his appeals to patriotism, which began during last year’s campaign as a rebuttal to the mask-resistant President Trump. But if wearing a mask conveys a political message, mandating it is constitutionally suspect. “No official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein,” Justice Robert Jackson wrote in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), which held that forcing schoolchildren to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance violated their freedom of speech.
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In Brief: Face Masks and the First Amendment
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I went shopping this morning and noticed that the "signage" came down requiring face masks. The employees were still wearing masks, but otherwise I soon discovered that no one else was wearing them.
If I go to a Catholic Church, and break bread with my fellow Christian brotherhood...knowing...as announced by the priest...that one cannot partake without confession....in my mind... in the presence of Catholics I am dishonoring my fellow Catholics but openly lying if I partake, since I'm ignoring the social rules as espoused by the specter of the pope and parish leadership. I can't in good "faith" lie to them anymore than I can lie to God.
Thus, using reasonable common sense, social contracts (Golden Rule), I WILL continue to wear a mask only if employees feel safe and are able to discard. I am vaccinated-but why should you believe me?
One question for you:
Would you go to a surgeon that decided that "all this germ stuff" is a lie, and once you're under he or she just discards common practice within the medical community, but didn't explain that you in the first place? The only political message this sends is that the surgeon is not qualified to walk a dog or vote. Sure glad you're only concerned how YOUR 1st amendment rights are violated-most people feel it isn't appropriate to call someone stupid to their face...but there are plenty of lawyers that like taking people to task on that....the liability cases that are going to flow into court are going to be very interesting.
If I go to a Catholic Church, and break bread with my fellow Christian brotherhood...knowing...as announced by the priest...that one cannot partake without confession....in my mind... in the presence of Catholics I am dishonoring my fellow Catholics but openly lying if I partake, since I'm ignoring the social rules as espoused by the specter of the pope and parish leadership. I can't in good "faith" lie to them anymore than I can lie to God.
Thus, using reasonable common sense, social contracts (Golden Rule), I WILL continue to wear a mask only if employees feel safe and are able to discard. I am vaccinated-but why should you believe me?
One question for you:
Would you go to a surgeon that decided that "all this germ stuff" is a lie, and once you're under he or she just discards common practice within the medical community, but didn't explain that you in the first place? The only political message this sends is that the surgeon is not qualified to walk a dog or vote. Sure glad you're only concerned how YOUR 1st amendment rights are violated-most people feel it isn't appropriate to call someone stupid to their face...but there are plenty of lawyers that like taking people to task on that....the liability cases that are going to flow into court are going to be very interesting.
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