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California appeals court rejects COVID-19 fines for church
KTVU ^ | August 16, 2022 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/17/2022 6:36:22 AM PDT by artichokegrower

A California church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large religious services won't have to pay about $200,000 in fines, a state appeals court ruled.

Calvary Chapel San Jose and its pastors were held in contempt of court and fined in 2020 and 2021 for violating state and county limits on indoor public gatherings. The rules were aimed at preventing the spread through close contract of the virus, which has caused more than 10 million confirmed cases and more than 93,500 deaths since the pandemic began in mid-2020, according to state public health figures.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; calvary; chapel; church; churches; covid; fines; iylm; sanjose
Despite the ruling, Santa Clara County said it will continue to seek $2.3 million in penalties against the church for violating other COVID-19 rules that weren't affected by the decision, such as requiring face masks during services in late 2020.

"Calvary did not dispute the fact of its numerous and serious violations during the height of the pandemic and before vaccinations were available," a county statement said. "We will continue to hold Calvary accountable for putting our community’s health and safety at risk."


Not the first time the Christians have been persecuted

1 posted on 08/17/2022 6:36:22 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Were Mosques also targeted?

Surely.


2 posted on 08/17/2022 6:37:53 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: artichokegrower

Christians persecuted but not the large BLM and anti-fa close-contact “gatherings” where mobs formed and cities were burned to the ground night after night.


3 posted on 08/17/2022 6:38:17 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: artichokegrower

The only insurrection that is deserved is the wretched and corrupt Democrat state of Porni-fornia. And it cannot leave third-world status until each and every DemocRAT politician is chased, cornered, and serviced appropriately.


4 posted on 08/17/2022 6:40:11 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Is this the same church where they would not even allow sermons in the parking lot?

5 posted on 08/17/2022 6:43:15 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: artichokegrower

Lots of my friends go to this church. Quite a few started going during the pandemic be ause their old churches stopped having in person services.


6 posted on 08/17/2022 6:48:08 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: artichokegrower

“10 million confirmed cases and more than 93,500 deaths “

All lies, but even this scaremongering lie only results in a .9% death rate and that would be among the already sickly at risk who likely were on deaths door to begin with.

I loathe these media shills evil behaviors in lying and propagandizing us.


7 posted on 08/17/2022 6:48:34 AM PDT by Skwor
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WHO and the CDC have totally failed people in this Covid BS.

There were "preventatives" out there and there were "cures" out there. But for some reason the MSM worked with the CDC and the state health organizations in the US to block people from getting the info about those things and HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES WERE LOST! - So SAD.

8 posted on 08/17/2022 6:51:23 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: unixfox
Were Mosques also targeted?

Or California governors for that matter...

Doesn't looked masked to me.

9 posted on 08/17/2022 7:03:12 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: artichokegrower

[[and more than 93,500 deaths]]

Bull.


10 posted on 08/17/2022 7:10:32 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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Thatnis to say, 93,000 may have been labeled as “covid deaths”, but how many simp,y died WITH covid instead of FROM covid but were listed as dying FROM covid anywYs?


11 posted on 08/17/2022 7:12:10 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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95% of “COVID deaths” had SERIOUS comorbidities — diabetes, heart disease, pneumonia, etc — that were TRIBUTARY, if not PRIMARY causes of death. BUT, since they “had COVID” at the time of death, their passing was chalked up to the WuFlu.

The hard part, here, is that it is case-by-case, and often difficult to ascertain, whether or not COVID was actually these people’s “last straw” health wise. I observe that they pretty much abandoned that effort, and racked up all those deaths to COVID.

Cue “The Beatles” hit “Day Tripper”
I got a good reason,
for takin’ the easy way out...


12 posted on 08/17/2022 9:56:59 AM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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i suspect that a lot of folks died from their comorbidites- not covid- but were listed as dying from covid- they likely were goign to die whether they got covid or not-

While i agree that some indeed were ‘pushed over the edge by covid’- I’m betting many were on their death beds and were counted as covid deaths when they were not- and would have died even without covid - the left had every reason to count every death as from covid- and i think they seriously abused that in their effort ot scare the public into getting the vaccines, and into shutting down the nation for whatever purpose-


13 posted on 08/17/2022 10:50:54 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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“...the left had every reason to count every death as from covid- and i think they seriously abused that...”

Entirely agree.


14 posted on 08/17/2022 2:00:24 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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