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The total prohibition of the presence of face-to-face religious services represents an extrapolation of powers, since it treats religious service as something superfluous, which can be suspended by the State, without major problems for the faithful.
Fellipe Sampaio / SCO / STF
With this understanding, Minister Kássio Nunes Marques, of the Federal Supreme Court, granted a judicial order to determine which municipalities, states and the Federal District refrain from complying with the decrees that completely prohibit the realization of face-to-face religious celebrations this Week. Santa
The order also determines that health prevention protocols, related to the limitation of presence, with a maximum capacity of 25%, are applied in services, masses and meetings of any creed and religion.
In addition, the temples must observe social distance, airy space, mandatory use of masks, availability of alcohol gel at the entrances and temperature measurement, among others.
The ban was dictated by some state and municipal governments taking into account that Brazil is in the worst moment of the epidemic, with records of infected and deaths. The distance measures have led some cities to even extend the Easter holiday with a decrease in the circulation of people.
“Purely and simply prohibiting the exercise of any religious practice violates reasonableness and proportionality. Before, it is possible to harmonize religious freedom with preventive measures that are also known to be effective in fighting the pandemic,” Minister Nunes Marques said.
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