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Thoughts on the ‘hymn sing’

A few points regarding the “flash hymn sing” by Christ Church:

• I have high regard for Chief Fry and the Moscow Police Department. I would recommend to my young friend Gabe that when an officer of the law asks for your identification, you ought not respond, “You do not need to do this. You are better than this.” Highly imprudent. Be glad you were in Moscow.
• Our individual rights in this country have never been held to be “absolute.” Why? Because we have neighbors.
• Health and safety issues have been regulated by governments since ancient times. And by governments religious and secular.
• In the last Moscow City Council election, 2019, the people of Moscow voted solidly (70 percent to 30 percent in favor of the present council majority.) Even if a referendum on the present mandate for COVID-19 were to be held, there is little reason to believe that the council’s resolution would not be supported by the vast majority of the people, and this even in the greater Christian community.
• I highly recommend former commissioner Richard Walser’s (R) Friday letter to the editor on his support for Tom Lamar for commissioner.

Fred Banks
Moscow

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