Prior to the event, Feucht posted a video on Twitter standing outside the courthouse in which he said:"It's officially a protest, so it's legal."
The hosting of the event has drawn heavy criticism from locals, including from members of the Christian community. "When any protest includes people in close proximity, not social distancing in a time of global pandemic, that's irresponsible," Father Thomas McKenzie, of Church of the Redeemer in Nashville, told"For this guy to come into town and start what is potentially a superspreader event and do it in the name of Jesus and say he's protesting so we can worship is foolishness. If he could do something like this responsibly? Totally fine. I don't blame the people who went.
"Churches are not closed. They never have been. Many of us have had to go virtual for a time because loving our neighbor is our primary calling as Christians and right now loving our neighbor means not exposing them to a deadly virus, but we still had church, even if it was online. We were never singled out for our faith," he said.See you there!
That’s ok... god has got the best insurance policy... 🙄