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This is a judge appointed by President Trump.

His opinion is a MUST READ.

“Some who read this Court’s opinion will disagree with the Mayor.

Others will disagree with the Court. And each camp will include some readers who share On Fire’s faith, others whose conscience calls them to a different faith, and still others who profess no faith at all.

Each of them, believers and non-believers, deserves at least this from the Court: To know why I decided as I did. You may not agree with my reasons, but my role as a judge is to explain, to teach, and perhaps, at least on occasion, to persuade.

The Christians of On Fire, however, owe no one an explanation for why they will gather together this Easter Sunday to celebrate what they believe to be a miracle and a mystery. True,they can attempt to explain it. True, they can try to teach. But to the nonbeliever, the Passion of Jesus the betrayals, the torture, the state-sponsored murder of God’s only Son, and the empty
tomb on the third day makes no sense at all. And even to the believer, or at least to some of them, it can be incomprehensible as well But for the men and women of On Fire, Christ’s sacrifice isn’t about the logic of this world.

Nor is their Easter Sunday celebration. The reason they will be there for each other and their Lord is the reason they believe He was and is there for us. For them, for all believers, “it isn’t a matter of reason; finally, it’s a matter of love.”