Submitted on Monday 2nd November 2020
Rejected on Monday 9th November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Keep worship places open during the lockdown
The government has just announced a new 4 week lockdown to start from Thursday 5 November, this includes a ban on communal worship. Government or Parliament should allow communal worship at places of worship during the lockdown.
It is baffling why services at places of worship are banned while schools and colleges are staying open. Many places of worship have one of the best social distancing practises - churches have put a great deal of effort into coronavirus measures for worshipers, there is simply no evidence to warrant this ban on public worship. At this difficult times, a lot of people turn to religion to maintain to maintain their sanity. Government / Parliament should reconsider this ban.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Places of worship are able to remain open for independent prayer, funerals or funeral commemorative events, to broadcast an act of worship, to provide essential voluntary services or urgent public support services, for registered childcare, and to host permitted gatherings: www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Allow corporate worship and congregational singing at places of worship: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548621
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