Really, more than one post here suggest the current situation trumps (no pun intended) the freedom of assembly, an enumerated right.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Do not misunderstand, I do not disagree with not assembling right now, but one should not be arrested for it.
I am working from home myself.
So my statement stands, and the part that says that others in power, in times of crisis, will try to suspend other parts of other amendments, that they find "troublesome".
I do not think that questioning the limits of the size of the assembly during a health crisis in any way suggests that the 1st amendment is no longer valid during that crisis.
I also have not seen anyone here say that arresting this pastor was a good thing.
In addition, I will reiterate that the freedom of religion is not being suppressed by stay at home orders because I have seen more assembly in worship during the past few weeks than any time in recent years.
In this day of technology, one does not have to assemble in person to assemble........ so the right to assemble has not really been infringed upon either, has it? I have worshiped every Sunday since our church stopped having in person services, and I know with Zoom large groups can gather as well.
I have no disagreement with being
extremely vigilant about what's going on........ especially in liberal states, but I do not believe that the order to not gather in groups larger than 10 violates our first amendment rights.
And folks on the left have already tried to use it to violate the 2nd amendment, so it's kind of a given that they will use anything they can to take our rights away.