I am thankful that the Supreme Court made a decision for religious liberty, and to issue it on Thanksgiving Eve, right before we were celebrating the Pilgrims, who came here for religious liberty, is so appropriate. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox Jewish organization, alleged that the limits Andrew Cuomo placed upon Houses of Worship, violated their First Amendment rights of religious exercise. The Court agreed. As Justice Gorsuch’s opinion stated:

“It is time—past time—to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques,” he wrote.

Kudos to the Supreme Court.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-blocks-covid-19-restrictions-on-church-attendance-in-new-york-11606369004

As I commented yesterday, be thankful for what you have.

This pandemic has afforded me many opportunities that would never have presented in the “real world”. Brought my family closer together and allowed me to slow down and gave me the time to be creative in ways that I keep discovering. I realize I am among the very lucky that has enough to eat -a roof over my head - and no school age children. So much to be thankful for...

Family, friends and my work — and play.

I’m thankful for health, family, friends, and life!

Much to be grateful for. Hang in there and bring on the vaccines so we can exhale and hug our kids. Sigh.

“Government is not free to disregard the 1st Amendment in times of crisis,” wrote conservative Justice Neil M. Gorsuch in a separate opinion. “At a minimum, [the 1st Amendment] prohibits government officials from treating religious exercises worse than comparable secular activities, unless they are pursuing a compelling interest and using the least restrictive means available.... Yet recently ... certain states seem to have ignored these long-settled principles.”

It's been a rough one indeed and while not the roughest one I have faced personally, the global impact is one that gives me pause. I'm grateful so many are working hard to help and protect each other. I am grateful that I remain hopeful that we will come through this better, stronger and more aware of what truly matters than we were before.

A world without spirituality and prayer, could be worse in the long haul. Some people need the law to help them navigate, others use common sense, while others use a combination of both. Whatever your choice, I am thankful for that choice, my family and friends. I don’t judge and certainly don’t tell anyone what to do or how to live. This COVID is so big, that we need science and prayer for the answers in order to stop it. My prayer is we are well on our way to herd immunity by this time next year and the problem under control in 3-5years.

My gratitude overflows for many of the reasons cited above. Though I have only consternation for a Supreme Court ruling that allows the First Amendment to “trump” health, food insecurity, epidemic impoverishment and national security. The Founders could not anticipate every eventuality.

Grateful tonstill be working and ablentonsupport my family. Health is up there too.

All true Carly. Also regarding herd immunity see below:

Moncef Slaoui, Operation Warp Speed's clinical adviser, signaled on Sunday that Americans could start getting vaccinated for Covid-19 within a day or two of the FDA's advisory committee meeting scheduled for Dec. 10.

"Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval, so I would expect maybe on day two after approval on the 11th or the 12th of December," Slaoui said on CNN.

— Herd immunity could be reached by May, Slaoui also predicted, estimating that's when about 70 percent of the U.S. population would get shots.

My family is healthy. It takes on new meaning this year.