Transgender Satanist and pho restaurateur sue over Keene mask mandate
The transgender Satanist candidate for Cheshire County sheriff is joining forces with the owner of a controversial pho restaurant, and the pastor at a libertarian church in challenging the city of Keene’s mask mandate.
Aria DiMezzo, who is running as the Republican mandate for sheriff, is suing both the city of Keene over the recently passed mask mandate, and Gov. Chris Sununu over his use of emergency orders to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
DiMezzo, who is the founder of a Satanic church as well as a writer and internet radio host, is joined in her lawsuit along with Malaise Lindenfeld, the owner of Pho Keene Great, and Ian Freeman, one of the leaders of the Free Keene movement and the founder of the Free Shire Church in Keene. They claim there is no need for the state’s emergency order limiting gatherings of more than 100 people, and there is no scientific basis for wearing masks.
“The virus is also nowhere near as deadly as initially projected. The continuing shutdown is preventing the New Hampshire population from achieving ‘herd immunity,’ which would ultimately eradicate the virus much more quickly than ‘slowing the spread’ by forcing the shutdown of businesses, closure of schools, and ordering people to stay home. It is also destroying the state’s economy,” the lawsuit states.
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