Goeie Nuus! Jou Vas en Bid is aan die werk! In Amerika is daar nou Sheriffs wat opstaan teen die onmenslike coronavirus lockdown wette en weier om onskuldige landsburgers in hegtenis te neem oor onbenullighede. Wanneer gaan Suid Afrika wakker word?
Good News! Your Prayer and Fasting is working! In America there are now Sheriffs that are standing up against the inhumane coronavirus lockdown laws and refuse to jail innocent citizens over petty issues. When is South Africa going to wake up?
Gaan Suid Afrika ook sy gesonde verstand gebruik te midde van die drakoniese lockdown wette wat onskuldige burgers kriminele maak en gevonnisde kriminele vrylaat uit die tronke?
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Is South Africa also going to apply common sense to the draconian lockdown laws imprisoning innocent citizens and letting convicted criminals free?
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Oorspronklik op CBN News gepubliseer:
In sommige lande is mense terug op die baan, selfs in stryd met staatsbestellings. Dit is ‘n groeiende beweging omdat sommige Amerikaners meen dat die regering sy perke oorskry het.
Die sewe-en-sewentigjarige Michigan-haarkapper Karl Manke het vir baie mense ‘n simbool van weerstand geword nadat hy die regeringsbevel van die regering van Gretchen Whitmer, wat deur baie in sy staat, as te beperkend beskou word.
60 jaar lank in die sakewêreld, het Manke Maandag ‘n hofoorwinning behaal in sy stryd om oop te bly.
Ondersteuners het Manke buite sy winkel toegejuig tydens ‘n perskonferensie nadat ‘n regter die staat se versoek om ‘n tydelike beperkingsbevel teen hom te onderteken geweier het en aan hom ‘n verhoor toegestaan het.
“Ek het ‘n week gelede ‘n besluit geneem dat ek my haarkapperhuis gaan open,” het Manke gesê. ‘Daar is ‘n ou kalmte-gebed wat sê dat God my die kalmte gee om die dinge wat ek nie kan verander nie, te aanvaar. Die moed om die dinge te verander wat ek kan, en die wysheid om die verskil te ken.
Manke het sy winkel op 4 Mei heropen en die uitvoerende bevel van die goewerneur oortree dat nie-noodsaaklike ondernemings gesluit moet bly en toe ‘n beëindigings- en stop order bevel gegee is.
“Ek was ses weke sonder ‘n salaris sonder dat daar geld inkom,” het Manke verduidelik. ‘Ek het nog altyd gewerk. Ek het nog nooit na uitdeelstukke gesoek nie. Ek weet nie eens wat dit is nie. Iemand het my gebel en gesê hoekom gaan jy nie op kosseëls nie. Wel, ek wil nie kosseëls hê nie . Ek wil werk.”
Manke sê hy het nog nooit iets gesien soos die regeringsregulasies tydens die COVID-19-pandemie nie.
“Ek het al 14 verskillende administrasies deurgemaak en nog nooit so iets gesien nie. Ek het nog nooit hierdie soort onderdrukking deur ‘n regering gesien nie – selfs nie in die 60’s nie,” het Manke gesê.
Die haarkapper is nie alleen in Michigan nie.
Volgens ‘n provinsiale balju sal Gov. Whitmer se bly-tuis-bevel nie afgedwing word nie, omdat die staatswetgewer nie haar verlenging goedgekeur het nie.
In ‘n geskrewe verklaring het die balju van die Shiawassee-distrik, Brian Begole, gesê: “Met beperkte hulpbronne, personeel en fasiliteite, sal ons prioriteit fokus op die handhawing van wette wat goedgekeur is ter beskerming van die burgers van die Shiawassee-provinsie.”
In Texas kry ‘n salon-eienaar van Dallas steeds steun van die top Republikeine van die staat nadat hy verlede week uit die tronk vrygelaat is.
Shelly Luther is met sewe dae tronkstraf opgelê vir die oortreding van ‘n bevel om haar besigheid tydens die COVID-19-uitbraak te sluit.
Sen Ted Cruz (R-Texas) het onlangs gaan sit in die Luther’s Salon a la Mode.
Ten spyte van die staatsmandaat, het skares mense Sondag C&C Coffee and Kitchen gevul in Colorado.
In Pennsylvania beweeg sommige ook voorentoe, ongeag die planne van die goewerneur.
Gefrustreerde inwoners sê hulle is gereed om weer aan die werk te kom.
Cheryl Carrol het gesê dit is verkeerd op elke vlak. ‘Die kollaterale skade aan die ekonomie gaan baie erger wees as wat aan die gebeur is.’
“Ek dink nie dit is die geval dat die goewerneur my regte ‘gee’ nie,” het Gene Snyder gesê. ‘Dit is ‘n onvervreembare reg wat ek reeds gehad het.’
En New York, die staat in die middel van die koronavirus-uitbraak, is op soek na stappe na heropening, maar geen groot veranderinge sal tot Junie plaasvind nie.
‘Dit is ‘n opwindende nuwe fase,’ het goewerneur Andrew Cuomo gesê. ‘Ons is almal gretig om terug te gaan werk.’
Intussen, ondanks kommer oor ‘n moontlike tweede golf van koronavirusgevalle, dui sommige peilings op minder kommer onder die publiek. En voorlopig sê ‘n groeiende aantal Amerikaners wat meer bekommerd is oor die ekonomiese skade as gevolg van die lockdowni, dit is tyd om terug te gaan werk.
Originally published on CBN News:
In some states, people are back on the job, even in defiance of state orders. It is a growing movement as some Americans argue that the government has overstepped its bounds.
Seventy-seven-year-old Michigan barber Karl Manke has become a symbol of resistance for many people after defying Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lockdown orders, considered by many in his state to be too restrictive.
In business for 60 years, Manke won a court victory Monday in his fight to stay open.
Supporters cheered Manke outside his shop during a press conference after a judge denied the state’s request to sign a temporary restraining order against him and granted him a hearing.
“One week ago, today I made a decision that I was going to open my barbershop,” said Manke. “There’s an old serenity prayer that says God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. And I took the courage part of that.”
Manke reopened his shop on May 4, violating the governor’s executive order for non-essential businesses to remain closed and was given a cease and desist order.
“I had gone six weeks without a paycheck with no money coming in,” Manke explained. “I’ve always worked. I’ve never looked for handouts. I don’t even know what they are. I had somebody call and say why don’t you get on food stamps. Well, I don’t want food stamps. I want to work.”
Manke says he has never seen anything like the government regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’ve gone through 14 different administrations and I’ve never seen anything like this. I’ve never seen this type of oppression by a government ever – not even in the ’60s,” said Manke.
The barber is not alone in Michigan.
A county sheriff says his office won’t enforce Gov. Whitmer’s stay-at-home order intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus because the state legislature didn’t approve her extension.
In a written statement, Shiawassee County Sheriff Brian Begole said, “With limited resources, staffing and facilities, our priority focus will be on enforcing duly passed laws for the protection of Shiawassee county citizens.”
In Texas, a Dallas salon owner continues to get support from the state’s top Republicans after being released from jail last week.
Shelly Luther was fined and sentenced to seven days in jail for violating an order to shut her business during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently sat down for a trim at Luther’s Salon a la Mode.
In Colorado, crowds filled C&C Coffee and Kitchen on Sunday in spite of the state mandate.
In Pennsylvania, some are also moving ahead regardless of the governor’s plans.
Frustrated residents say they are ready to get back to work.
“This is wrong on every single level,” said Cheryl Carrol. “The collateral damage is going to be far worse than what is happening.”
“I don’t think it’s a matter of the governor giving me the right,” said Gene Snyder. “It’s an inalienable right.”
And New York, the state at the center of the coronavirus outbreak, is looking at steps toward reopening, but no major changes will take place until June.
“It’s an exciting new phase,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “We’re all anxious to get back to work.”
Meanwhile, despite concerns about a possible second wave of coronavirus cases, some polls indicate less concern among the public. And for now, a growing number of Americans who are worried about the economic damage from the lockdowns, say it is time to go back to work.
