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Court Orders Newsom to Pay $1.35M in Churches’ Legal Fees, Bans Discrimination Against Churches in COVID Policies
LifeSite News ^ | 5/25/21 | Emily Mangiarcina

Posted on 05/26/2021 7:24:16 PM PDT by marshmallow

'California may never again place discriminatory restrictions on churches and places of worship,' Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said regarding the decision, which Liberty Counsel won on behalf of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry.

California, May 25, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A district judge has ordered California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, to pay $1.35 million in attorney fees and costs to Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry.

The hefty settlement amount marks a victory not only for Harvest ministries – who sued Newsom for banning indoor worship services – but also for houses of worship across California, since the court order permanently bans COVID-related discriminatory religious service restrictions.

“California may never again place discriminatory restrictions on churches and places of worship,” Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said regarding the decision, which Liberty Counsel won on behalf of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry.

The court order states that California can no longer impose any COVID-related capacity restrictions on places of worship, unless specific numbers of COVID-related infections and hospital admissions are met. In that case, restrictions on churches cannot be any more severe than those “imposed on other similar gatherings of similar risk.”

The permanent injunction against Newsom, which is the first of its kind against a U.S. state governor, cites several Supreme Court decisions following prior lawsuits against Newsom, as well as a lawsuit by the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Evangelical Christian; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: battle; christianity; covid; fight; intercession; law; mask; prayer; soldier; truth; war; weird

1 posted on 05/26/2021 7:24:16 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow
Court Orders Newsom to Pay $1.35M in Churches’ Legal Fees

CA taxpayers like me will be footing that bill, not Newsom.
2 posted on 05/26/2021 7:29:54 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: marshmallow

Better late than never?


3 posted on 05/26/2021 7:30:29 PM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: marshmallow

The judge’s name is Jesus.


4 posted on 05/26/2021 7:34:18 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: marshmallow
“California may never again place discriminatory restrictions on churches and places of worship,”

Would that it be so. They will try again. They don't give up.

5 posted on 05/26/2021 7:35:05 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: marshmallow

Good Job!
Now start
Preaching
“HellFire and Damnation!”


6 posted on 05/26/2021 7:37:31 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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To: Steely Tom

Really, the Constitution guarantees this in the first place.

But rights not exercised are lost. So we exercise them and we fight fight fight.

I fought by simply attending the worshipping churches. Sadly my personal church kow towed.


7 posted on 05/26/2021 7:39:15 PM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
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To: Steely Tom

They do not, good Christians must practice law right now in order to stop the deep state.

...and other preparations.


8 posted on 05/26/2021 7:42:18 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

You mean HaySuse.


9 posted on 05/26/2021 8:13:47 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Trump took down ISIS; Biden took down Dr. Seuss)
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To: marshmallow

The msm will NOT be reporting this.


10 posted on 05/26/2021 8:18:15 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: marshmallow

The fraud is being exposed.


11 posted on 05/26/2021 8:44:21 PM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: bray

Bkmk


12 posted on 05/26/2021 9:06:41 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: marshmallow

Tip of the iceberg. Lawsuits will multiply, since Covid caused many politicians to get sloppy with the law.

Newsom is “permanently enjoined state-wide from issuing or enforcing regulations issued in connection with the COVID-19 State of Emergency declared on March 4, 2020.” Sweet.

Everyone who told me to wear a mask at a church or a store since March 2020 is a freaky, pathetic loser. Thankfully, only five people told me to wear a mask in the last year.


13 posted on 05/26/2021 9:41:13 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Exactly. If ONLY he was paying out of pocket!!!


14 posted on 05/27/2021 1:13:57 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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