Posted on 05/13/2020 5:49:38 PM PDT by marshmallow
Father Kevin Robinson is suing New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy over his “inhuman and unchristian” stay-at-home order that he believes is infringing on his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
An Orthodox rabbi who has joined on to the priest’s lawsuit was arrested for holding a service on Monday evening.
Fr. Robinson of the Catholic St. Anthony of Padua Church in North Caldwell wrote in an email to parishioners announcing the lawsuit that “my civil rights have been violated as a result of Gov. Murphy’s unconstitutional order to shut down religious services in the State.”
The email continued on to explain that “it is our hope that this lawsuit will force the State to treat religious institutions as an ‘essential service,’ with the same allowances that are already made for other essential services. If we prevail, we will once again begin holding Mass at St. Anthony’s, albeit under some limitations.”
The lawsuit says that the church “has been threatened by local law enforcement with arrest and criminal prosecution if he dares to offer a Mass or conduct any other public gathering in his church, which remains closed due to this threat.”
In a recent update to his parishioners, Fr. Robinson asked for prayers that the lawsuit will be successful. He explained that “this outrageous state of affairs will last until the governor backs down or until the court orders him to back down from this inhuman and unchristian state of affairs.”
The lawsuit was joined by Rabbi Yisrael A. Knopfler, who says that police who park outside his synagogue have been “clearly surveilling us to look for violations of Order 107.”
On Monday, Knopfler was arrested for holding a gathering to celebrate Lag B’Omer, a holiday marking the end of a historic plague.
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Who are the jack booted cops following these illegal orders?
P4L
Do they watch the mosques for possible quarantine violations? Say, in Paterson?
Leftists democrats are hateful bigots who will do anything to destroy God and his church.
Their ultimate goal is to use government to murder you and I. Buy weapons and ammo, folks.
JoMa
Great photo.
When Antifa thugs used gloves with saps inside them to hit unarmed demonstrators, and tear gassed, punched and kicked them, and used a heavy bike lock in one instance——
police leaned against the wall of a far away building and watched. “Stand down” was the Portland liberal mayor’s wish.
Other cities proudly summarized later “no arrests.”
Today: How many police will willingly beat the pro-freedom conservatives who just want to go back to work?
When the leftist thugs target police (as BLM for example) then WE are expected to stand up for our police, the first responders. Two officers were shot in the back in their parked squad car in NY. Others are routinely targeted for death by criminal leftists. We should stand up for police and we do.
But that should work both ways.
I love the police except when I don’t.
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