Former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron hosted another Christmas carol protest with exposed singers in the immediate vicinity. Local news reports that there were about 100 attendees. The event took place in the Oaks Mall parking lot in Thousand Oaks. It is the third such event that the fireproof actor has held this December.
Meanwhile, Covid-19 is hitting Ventura County – where the mall is located – hard. The county recently reported the highest number of daily new Covid-19 infections, and the test positivity rate on Tuesday was 12.6%, which is higher than that of neighboring LA county.
There are 737 new cases of COVID-19. Unfortunately, there were 6 additional deaths: 68 year old woman, 96 year old woman, 63 year old woman, 86 year old woman, 96 year old woman and 95 year old woman with comorbidities. 4,317 new tests performed. Current hospital stays: 326 and current intensive care unit: 67. pic.twitter.com/k4uqilvznf
– County Ventura (@CountyVentura) December 23, 2020
Cameron has promoted every event on social media as part of a movement called Sing It Louder USA, which claims to “sing Christmas carols in communities across the US … in response to government tyrants telling us how to celebrate Christmas”.
The Oaks released a statement calling the event “irresponsible yet constitutionally protected” and called on protesters not to gather in their parking lot.
We do not tolerate this irresponsible but constitutionally protected peaceful protest event. We share your concern and have notified the sheriff’s office. We also reached out to the event planner to ask them not to use The Oaks as a venue.
– The Oaks (@ShopTheOaks) December 23, 2020
Many online commentators on the posts pointed out that the mall could have stopped the protest.
“To be clear,” wrote one person on Twitter, “there is no constitutional right to protest against PRIVATE PROPERTY.” You can kick them out if you want. Public health hazard is a 100% valid reason to protect your employees and customers wearing masks. “
. reached out to The Oaks owner Macerich Properties for a response to these comments but did not hear back.
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