At issue are prohibitions by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials on “in-person religious gatherings” in 30 counties, as well as bans on corporate singing statewide.
Liberty Counsel filed the suit on behalf of Harvest Rock Church and an associated organization, Harvest International Ministry. Each is headquartered in Pasadena. Harvest Rock has multiple campuses.
Harvest Church requires masks, takes temperatures of attendees and requires the proper social distancing, the lawsuit says. Despite that, the state has imposed a “total prohibition” on religious activities, thus violating its constitutionally protected freedoms of religion, speech and assembly, the suit alleges.
“While the Governor has unilaterally and significantly restricted the number of individuals permitted to ‘gather’ in Plaintiffs’ churches, he has imposed no similar restrictions on the untold thousands of protesters who have gathered all throughout California cities with no threat of criminal sanction, and no social distancing or restrictions whatsoever.” the suit says. “And, the Governor explicitly encouraged such large gatherings of protesters while condemning churches for singing hymns in their churches.”
The lawsuit is unique in that it also targets the state’s implicit prohibition on Bible studies. Harvest Church has “numerous Life Groups, which meet in the homes of members,” the suit says. Likewise, “many of Harvest International’s member churches in California also have smaller groups that meet in the homes of their members to worship together” and “engage in Bible study,” it says.
Satan is rejoicing
Will they put Closed-circuit television in every home ?
I wonder how many times Don Jr. has asked Kimberly, “What in the h_ll did you see in him”?
People in CA should defy this and go caroling. Who knows how many people they might pick up along the way to add to their group as they go along?
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.”
(New Testament, Acts 5:29)
Sounds like China.
-PJ
I wonder when Trump will put an end to thr tryanny running throughout the country.
Probably never.
Maybe he supports it.
Guess they need to go to the catacombs.
They can just call it a George Floyd memorial service or a BLM service.
I thought this could be the Calif “Harvest” church started by Chuck whats-his-name in the 60s-70s, but this one is run by some Asian guy.
A lot of churches are, in this Covid time, Very strongly emphasizing growing their small group meetings. It’s what the church did in its first 2 centuries, the period which it had its fastest rate of multiplication. The Church started meeting in church buildings around the year 300, and the growth slowed considerably.
And I thought Comrade Cuomo was bad!