Lawsuit by Madison County Pastors Frees Virginia Churches of COVID Restrictions

The Remnant ^ | 10/9/20 | T. McFadden

[marshmallow]

[Catholic] Bishops working on racism, illegal immigration rights and climate change have no time for leadership such as reported below. Four Madison County Pastors are responsible for backing down Northam. At least the ecclesial dystopia at weekday Mass is over (assuming Bishop Burbidge passes this authority to his pastors.)

Announcement below from Founding Freedoms Law Center:

Important News Affecting Virginia Churches

In case you’ve not yet heard, we wanted to make sure you knew about a positive development that may directly impact your church. As a result of a recent lawsuit filed by four Madison County pastors against Gov. Northam’s restrictive mandates on churches, the Governor's attorneys agreed to the following: Religious services of 250 people or fewer are no longer subject to any mandatory restrictions in the Executive Orders other than EO-63 (relating to facemasks).

While this was not a recorded judicial opinion, what this essentially means is that the mandates placed specifically on churches by EO-67 (Phase 3 Restrictions – p.10) will no longer be enforced for gatherings of up to 250. (This, despite the fact that the Governor still has not amended his Order to reflect this change of tune.) That’s a pretty big deal when you consider all the things EO-67 demanded churches do for every religious service, no matter how small:

1) Every person must be six feet apart when seated, and six feet social distance from others at all times.

2) Mark seating and common areas where attendees may congregate in six-foot increments.

3) Any items used to distribute food or beverages must be disposable, used only once and discarded.

4) Routine cleaning and disinfection of frequently-contacted surfaces prior to and following any service.

5) Post signage at the building entrance stating that no one with a fever or......

[lizma2]

Got to go to church with Communion this morning!!! Missed this so much.

[Persevero]

Great to see victories breaking out all over. I am ashamed of my little church not resisting. But we are attending one that is. The church in the US is still alive.

[joma89]

I very much agree with the first sentence of the post. The catholic bishops did nothing to stop these unconstitutional limits since they were so busy working to perpetuate democrat party, leftist talking points.

JoMa