Posted on 04/20/2020 6:03:41 PM PDT by marshmallow
A New Mexico judge on Friday ruled that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's stay-at-home order does not violate an Albuquerque church's First Amendment rights.
The church, First Legacy, sued after Lujan Grisham added churches to the state's list of nonessential activities in an emergency health order on the day before Easter, meaning that no more than five people can gather at a service. In the church's filing, it alleged that the order violated the First Amendment because the church needs more than five people to put on a service.
First Legacy asked for a temporary restraining order on Lujan Grisham's executive order, which the court also threw out.
At a Wednesday press conference, Lujan Grisham said that she had added churches to the list of nonessential services to guard against the possibility of large church gatherings.
"We did that because we had more than a handful of churches who were going to have Easter services, and knowing the risk that poses to all of our communities and our healthcare workers, we made that an explicit prohibition," she said.
Legacy held an in-person Easter Sunday service anyway, with about 30 people organizing it and about 60 people in attendance, spread out across three services, according to head pastor Steve Smotherman.
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On to the court of appeals.
Hope the DOJ gets involved.
Obviously, the 1st amendment does not mean what is written. It means what ever some judge says it means.
And if Trump had given the order...
Didn’t the DOJ already rule on this? People need to go to jail for violating the Constitution.
Appeal.
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This whole situation could get ugly, and really quick. There are just too many people who want to take away people’s rights and this pandemic is giving them their excuse to do just that.
Just to show the priorities of the government, it is biased to violate your rights not to protect them.
5th circuit has aleady decided, on appeal ... the constitutional right to abortion trumps the virus.
Looking forward to the parity.
No right means what is written. This fact is 100 years old.
It was like pulling teeth to out the anonymous Federal judge, James O. Browning, a Dubya appointee...
Not even a federal judge?
Since this Judge thinks home imprisonment does not impinge on rights, let him be imprisoned at home for 30 days. Then ask if he wants to change his mind.
I prefer we give him the Oliver Cromwell treatment!!!
It’s the end of the world as we have known it. The Constitution, long suspected of being ineffective against abuse of natural Rights by governments, is now confirmed to be completely impotent. God help us, because the government will not.
That’s because abortions are essential but worshipping God is not. /s
The moral imperative to guard human life is just the most obvious. In all things, the government is biased to violate your rights, not to protect them. If the government was biased to protect your rights there would be no need for a bill of rights.
First Legacy...is that the one with tithing at 29.99% APR?
One ungodly judge ruling the way he wants it to be instead of what the Constitution says it is.
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