Posted on 12/29/2020 10:30:28 AM PST by ebb tide
ALBANY, N.Y. — Handing an important religious freedom victory to houses of worship in New York, the state's Second Circuit ordered that the 10 and 25-person caps to worship had to be suspended while the case is pending.
According to the Becket Fund, who represented a group of Synagogues and rabbis as well as the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, the court's decision “effectively means that New York cannot enforce its caps against any house of worship.”
“And since Connecticut is also in the Second Circuit, it means that Connecticut’s similar caps on worship are unconstitutional,” Becket Fund explained in a tweet.
On November 25th, the day before Thanksgiving, the Supreme Court ruled that Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 10 and 25-person caps on worship attendance were discriminatory against synagogues and other houses of worship. Since that decision, a majority of states have moved away from caps on worship attendance.
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Interesting that this decision for the Becket Fund comes on the 850th Anniversary of the Great Thomas Becket’s death.
Aux armes, citoyens
Formez vos bataillons
Marchons, marchons!
Qu’un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons!
(Sound familiar, anyone?)
So, once again, the great god-king of the state of New York, not only got his knuckles rapped, but also the god-king of Connecticut!!
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