Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ mixed messaging is stirring confusion among local officials, particularly around in-person worship services
, a move that handed a legal victory to a Tampa pastor at the center of a brewing national battle over religious liberty in the age of coronavirus.
“I have been hearing the argument that we do not have a right to close or restrict places of worship,” Sunrise Mayor Mike RyanStrum, whose emails were obtained by POLITICO from local officials concerned about the mixed messages coming from DeSantis, forwarded the email to the governor’s top attorney, Joe Jacquot, who said the order has next to no impact on local government authority.
“So yes you can use your own authority to close or restrict how any business/organization must comply with your codes,” Jacquot wrote. “The Governor’s Order does not give a business/organization any ‘right’ to avoid your codes.”DeSantis himself has added to the confusion. The day after he unveiled — and amended — the order, he called it a “baseline.” If a local government wants “to do things more, then they can do things more,” he told reporters on April 2.
“The Governor’s [executive order] limits the movement of individuals,” Ferre said. “This is not in conflict with local authorities ability to adopt requirements directly on businesses, operations or venues, including beaches, and parks, that may be stricter than the Governor’s Executive Order.”
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