Posted on 05/21/2020 1:44:25 AM PDT by Libloather
Buoyed by a letter from the U.S. Justice Department to Gov. Gavin Newsom that emphasizes the right to worship, a lawyer for a church suing over California’s coronavirus ban on in-person services says he expects thousands of congregations to return to their churches a week from Sunday.
The move comes as the fight over whether the state has the right to prohibit church services for now has moved to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where a Lodi church is seeking an emergency injunction against the ban, and as hundreds of pastors have signed a petition declaring that their services are “essential.”
“More than 1,200 pastors have signed the ‘declaration of essentiality’ that we were asked to put together,” said attorney Robert Tyler, one of the lawyers fighting for the right of Lodi’s Cross Culture Christian Center to reopen. “We expect more than 3,000 individual churches to open May 31, with or without permission.”
Tyler said the churches that choose to reopen will practice physical distancing and other safety guidelines that the state has outlined to allow restaurants and other businesses to begin reopening in recent days.
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Christianity has come a long way since they had to worry about getting eaten by lions. I’m just not sure about which direction.
Would have been funny as hell to have not said nothing, and then have Newsom and the state find out on June 1 that 100,000+ Californians attended church the day before.
*anything
My guess is it would be the more conservative churches, liberal churches like the Episcopal Church, Unitarians, ECLA wouldn’t sign. But I could be wrong.
To hell with Bob Bitchin.
Meanwhile, Cuomo is NYS has deigned to allow religious services of ten or less.
I don’t know what’s so magic about the number 10.
And no civil disobedience planned that’s I’ve heard.
NY Strong, my arse.
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