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Honor Code guilty of violating First Amendment rights of Pastor Tony Spell - Supreme Court

Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:45 pm
Posted by Strannix
District 11
Member since Dec 2012
48929 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:45 pm
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Spell was arrested in April of 2020 after being accused of violating executive orders from Governor John Bel Edwards that laid out restrictions on businesses and in-person gatherings during the peak of the pandemic. Despite those orders, Spell continued to hold massive in-person services at Life Tabernacle Church in Central.


What a thug, he should be removed from office.

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This post was edited on 5/15/22 at 7:47 pm
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:46 pm to
We know. Hope Spell sues the living shite out of the state and Gov. frickface.
He won’t get anything, but I’d still sue to embarrass that fricking choad.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57487 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:48 pm to
Bussing in huge crowds of elderly people for church services during peak covid just to get their collection money is pretty shitty.
Posted by Strannix
District 11
Member since Dec 2012
48929 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:50 pm to
quote:

Bussing in huge crowds of elderly people for church services during peak covid just to get their collection money is pretty shitty.



It's a free country, you can be as shitty as you want.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57487 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:51 pm to
That’s correct, still makes it a shitty judgement call
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
38410 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:53 pm to
Pretty sure none of those people were forced into the busses.
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9646 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:54 pm to
Nobody forced them to go
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48560 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:55 pm to
100% the correct ruling. You don't have to like Spell to agree with the ruling here.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54265 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 7:56 pm to
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John Bel Edwards

frick that slimy cocksucker.
Posted by Cromulent
Down the Bayou
Member since Oct 2016
2805 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:02 pm to
Did he break any laws? Nope. He should have never been arrested.
Posted by jaytothen
Member since Jan 2020
6407 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:12 pm to
I hope he bankrupts the state. frick JBE
Posted by tigersbh
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
10266 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:14 pm to
quote:

Bussing in huge crowds of elderly people for church services during peak covid just to get their collection money is pretty shitty.


Nobody said it was just to get their collection money.
Posted by Abstract Queso Dip
Member since Mar 2021
5878 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:17 pm to
quote:

I hope he bankrupts the state. frick JBE


That's a very Lousiana response. Please stay there.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

That’s correct, still makes it a shitty judgement call




You know what else is a shitty judgment call? Barring people from assembling like were living in some sort of feudal system
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
58890 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:23 pm to
Well, anyone with even a basic knowledge of the 1st amendment knew it was a violation, and so did John Bel. He’s not stupid. He’s just unprincipled and like all tyrants, the Constitution is something that is in their way, not something to guide the office you’ve been entrusted with.





Posted by reddy tiger
Mandeville
Member since Aug 2012
1560 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:29 pm to
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Bussing in huge crowds of elderly people for church services during peak covid just to get their collection money is pretty shitty.


This. frick that POS Tony Spell. No telling how many people died because of his ignorance and greed.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:34 pm to
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No telling how many people died because of his ignorance and greed.


Well, we'll never know, which is kind of the point.

But it's likely the answer to that is zero
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57487 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:35 pm to
I realize nuance and any idea of middle ground went out the window on this website years ago but Spell and Edwards can both be scumbags.

I can recognize that covid overreactions were absolute bullshite but also holding large services full of the elderly likely wasn’t the best idea at the time. He wasn’t there to preach or help people hear the word of God, he was there to get attention and money much like his counterpart in Edwards.
This post was edited on 5/15/22 at 8:38 pm
Posted by 3rdPart Tiger
Member since Oct 2007
6206 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:38 pm to
quote:

Bussing in huge crowds of elderly people for church services during peak covid just to get their collection money is pretty shitty.


Now do nursing homes.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 5/15/22 at 8:38 pm to
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also holding large services full of the elderly that preached against masks likely wasn’t the best idea at the time.


Why? Masks do nothing and those people were just as likely to get Covid anywhere else as they were that church.
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