The recent Supreme Court decision that lifted strict Covid-19 restrictions on houses of worship has raised questions about religious gatherings and public health during the pandemic. We talk with representatives from the legal, health and religious perspectives about how the law intersects with public health, and how these conflicts are playing out in Maine.
Guests
Aaron Frey, attorney general for the State of Maine
Maron Sorenson, assistant professor of government, Bowdoin College
Rev. Jane Field, executive director, Maine Council of Churches
Most Rev. Robert Deeley, bishop, Portland Diocese
Molly Curren Rowles, executive director, Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine
Resources
- Maine Department of Economic & Community Development: Religious Gathering Guidelines
- An Order To Revise Indoor Gathering Limits, Strengthen FaceCovering Requirements And Delegate Certain Authority
- Maine Council Of Churches: Staying Safe Faithfully
- Portland Bishop: Catholics Can Vaccinate Against COVID-19 Without Moral Conflict
- Splitting 5 to 4, Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge to Cuomo’s Virus Shutdown Order
- Supreme Court continues to block state COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings
- Calais Church Takes Radical Approach After COVID-19 Outbreak: Full Transparency
- Most churches are following Maine’s COVID-19 restrictions, even as loud minority fights them
- Outbreak at Maine church where pastor's wife died of COVID-19 under investigation
- Together, to the compassionate end
- Orrington Church Appeals Rejection of its Federal Suit
