Ohio GOPer Refuses To Wear A Mask Because It Covers ‘The Image Of God’

Ohio state Rep. Nino Vitale (R) during a House session on August 2, 2016. (Photo: Ohio House of Representatives)
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Ohio state Rep. Nino Vitale (R) got biblical on Monday while railing against protective face masks that help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Vitale posted a screed on Facebook in which he argued that the U.S. was “founded on Judeo-Christian Principles” that proclaim that “we are all created in the image and likeness of God.”

“That image is seen the most by our face,” he wrote. “I will not wear a mask.”

The post included a video of Ohio state health director Dr. Amy Acton and Gov. Mike DeWine (R) discussing the issue, bookended by a recording of Vitale reiterating his opposition to requiring people to wear masks.

“When we think of image, do we think of a chest or our legs or our arms?” the GOP lawmaker asked. “We think of their face…that’s the image of God right there, and I want to see it in my brothers and sisters.”

Vitale has vehemently opposed the state’s COVID-19 containment measures, particularly DeWine’s stay at home order. The mandate was signed by Acton, whom Vitale disparaged last week as an “unelected Globalist,” an anti-Semitic dog whistle.

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  1. Vitale posted a screed on Facebook in which he argued that the U.S. was “founded on Judeo-Christian Principles” that proclaim that “we are all created in the image and likeness of God.”

    “That image is seen the most by our face,” he wrote. “I will not wear a mask.”

    Maybe Vitale would be willing to compromise?

    What if we made him a mask that looked something like this?

    image

  2. Vitale posted a screed on Facebook in which he argued that the U.S. was “founded on Judeo-Christian Principles” that proclaim that “we are all created in the image and likeness of God.”

    That image is seen the most by our face,” he wrote. “I will not wear a mask.”

    k

  3. So Nino wants to outlaw all masks? No welder’s face shields, no Halloween masks, no SWAT team masks, no masks in dentist’s offices, how about surgeons?
    As for we all are created in the image and likeness of God then why are there 2 sexes? Why do some people have blue (preferred) colored eyes and some brown? Why all those hair color shade?
    Why does he think any of his nonsense mean squat?

  4. If this guy is the image of God, God looks like a potato.

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