{"id":2636,"date":"2021-09-20T00:45:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2021-09-20T00:45:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T00:45:08","slug":"thousands-gather-at-freedom-rally-in-new-york-city-to-oppose-vaccine-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Gather at ‘Freedom Rally’ in New York City to Oppose Vaccine Passport"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Enrico Trigoso<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thousands gathered near Central Park in Manhattan on Saturday to express their discontent with the vaccine mandates and passport requirements implemented on the city by Mayor Bill de Blasio this month.<\/p>\n

New York City started enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate Monday, with de Blasio warning that \u201cthere\u2019ll be consequences\u201d for those who do not follow the rules.<\/p>\n

The mandate requires establishments to put up certain signage and verify customers\u2019 COVID-19 vaccine proof, such as vaccination cards issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), New York City vaccination records, other official immunization records, the NYC COVID Safe App, or the Excelsior Pass.<\/p>\n

Participants first gathered at Columbus Circle and then marched to Times Square, led by one of the speakers, Jo Rose.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you took the vaccine, I love you. This not against you, we are pro-freedom,\u201d she announced to passersby.<\/p>\n

Participants chanted \u201cmy body, my choice,\u201d \u201cno vaccine passports,\u201d and \u201cfreedom over fear!\u201d<\/p>\n

At the rally in Times Square, people spoke about standing up for their rights and against tyranny.<\/p>\n

Among the diverse group of speakers, the themes of unity and freedom were often brought up.<\/p>\n

One speaker said, \u201cThe only thing that gathers us all together, different groups, different types, is our stance against tyranny. When they try to take away our freedoms, we stand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another said, \u201cDon\u2019t use this as a political front. I don\u2019t care about Biden. I don\u2019t care about Trump. I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re a Republican. I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re a Democrat. I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re black, yellow, white, purple. I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re Christian, Muslim, gay, straight. I don\u2019t care. This is a human issue and it should be bringing us all together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The crowd cheered in response.<\/p>\n

Artist Tessa Lena also spoke at the rally: \u201cIt\u2019s not about even those injections, it\u2019s about establishing a system for artificial immunity.\u201d She spoke about how \u201cwe are people of love, we are going to win with love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayoral candidate Bill Pepitone also spoke at the rally: \u201cWe have a president and a so-called mayor who are telling us we can\u2019t go to work, we can\u2019t feed our family. Our police officers can\u2019t protect us, unless they comply. Our firefighters can\u2019t protect us, unless they comply \u2026 our health care workers, they can\u2019t save lives unless they comply.\u201d He then led the crowd to chant, \u201cWe will not comply.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaker Kevin Jenkins said, \u201cThis is about the very essence of what God gave us, and that is the power to be free. \u2026 It\u2019s about the power of love that will allow us to win this battle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenkins compared the vaccine segregation to racial segregation in the 1960s. \u201cSixty years ago, I couldn\u2019t walk in a restaurant because they said I was unclean \u2026 Now they\u2019re telling us we are unclean again, not just black people, not Latino people, but all of us. We have to unify beyond race and love each other as humans.\u201d<\/p>\n

He urged people to only patronize restaurants that support freedom.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they tell you no to your humanity, you tell them no to their business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary Josephine Generoso, manager of the Pasticceria Rocco bakery in Brooklyn, said she would not be discriminating against customers by requiring proof of vaccination, defying the mandate implemented by the mayor. The business has placed signs announcing its policy to customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard de Blasio speak, and immediately we created that sign that said \u2018we do not discriminate.\u2019 There is not a bone in my body that will allow me to discriminate against anybody for any reason any day of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

She called de Blasio \u201cthe greatest unifier of New York City, because he\u2019s brought us all together for one cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m taking this stance against the vaccine mandate because obviously, it\u2019s completely discriminatory. It\u2019s forcing me to segregate customers based on a vaccine,\u201d she told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n

She also said she is being forced by the mayor to get vaccinated, even though she has natural immunity. \u201cI am not employed by the city of New York, I don\u2019t get a paycheck from the city of New York, I don\u2019t get a pension from the city of New York, so I don\u2019t understand how Mayor de Blasio is able to tell me that I have to be vaccinated in order to work in my own establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Enrico Trigoso Thousands gathered near Central Park in Manhattan on Saturday to express their discontent with the vaccine mandates and passport requirements implemented on the city by Mayor Bill de Blasio this month. New York City started enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate Monday, with de Blasio warning that \u201cthere\u2019ll be consequences\u201d for those who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2637,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}