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Seventh Circuit Rules Illinois Can Restrict Churches to 10 People
LifeSite News ^ | 6/22/20 | Calvin Freiburger

Posted on 06/23/2020 5:35:59 PM PDT by marshmallow

While caring for the hungry 'requires teams of people to work together in physical spaces ... churches can feed the spirit in other ways,' the court ruled.

June 22, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against an Illinois church suing the state over its COVID-19 restrictions on freedom of religious assembly, potentially setting up another First Amendment showdown before the nation’s highest court.

In May, Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker laid out a five-phase plan for lifting the state’s public-health emergency, which among other things holds that, should COVID-19 cases continue to decline, public gatherings such as religious services would still be limited to 50 people until the release of “a vaccine or highly effective treatment widely available or the elimination of any new cases over a sustained period.”

In the meantime, churches had been limited to a cap of just ten people, prompting numerous lawsuits from churches all over the state. Under pressure, Pritzker issued a new set of guidelines on May 28, which changed the ten-person limit from a mandate to a suggestion.

Despite the governor backing down, the Christian nonprofit Liberty Counsel (LC) continued its lawsuit on behalf of Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and Logos Baptist Ministries, noting that Pritzker could still re-impose the limit in the future.

“Unless and until there is a judicial declaration that Governor Pritzker has acted unconstitutionally thus far, there is nothing keeping him from changing his mind again, whether in this crisis or any future crisis,” LC declared last month.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: 7thcircuit; illinois; jbpritzker; judiciary; politicaljudiciary; seventhcircuit; seventhcircus
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1 posted on 06/23/2020 5:35:59 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

If a woman is a man then ten people are one hundred people.


2 posted on 06/23/2020 5:38:13 PM PDT by coaster123 (Virus = First Plane Strikes Tower)
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To: marshmallow

so the Police are way to busy checking Churches to worry about all the Murders


3 posted on 06/23/2020 5:38:21 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: marshmallow

Good. If one can protest, one should be able to do whatever else he/she/it wants to. Just don't go to church!

Again, Whatever else he/she/it wants to do. Just do it and just don't go to church!

4 posted on 06/23/2020 5:40:21 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Can I trust that you and I will take the red pill and vote for Trump, this November!)
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To: marshmallow
But not protests, or Statue Destruction Events?
5 posted on 06/23/2020 5:41:41 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: marshmallow

Ignore his unlawful, unconstitutional orders and dare him to try to enforce them. It would make great news footage of the police hauling people away from attending church.


6 posted on 06/23/2020 5:41:59 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where do you find the word "except" in the 2nd Amendment?)
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To: marshmallow

Just call it a protest.


7 posted on 06/23/2020 5:42:10 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: marshmallow

Face Covering Directive in Lincoln (people of color exempt)
Lincoln.co ^
Posted on 6/23/2020, 5:52:31 AM by MNDude

Order 6/17/2020 - Face Covering Directive (signed directive in Supporting Documents - below)

General directive: All individuals in Lincoln County are required to wear face coverings during any indoor public setting or outdoor public location where a person will be in within six feet of another individual, who does not share the same household.

Exceptions: ...

People of color who have heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment due to wearing face coverings in public


8 posted on 06/23/2020 5:42:54 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Can I trust that you and I will take the red pill and vote for Trump, this November!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

It is not a church service.

It is an indoor peaceful protest.


9 posted on 06/23/2020 5:43:11 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: marshmallow

just call it a protest, no problem


10 posted on 06/23/2020 5:43:30 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: coaster123

yup


11 posted on 06/23/2020 5:43:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marshmallow

The rebellion begun has.


12 posted on 06/23/2020 5:44:35 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Pilots: Looking Down On People Since 1903 ~)
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To: marshmallow

This article doesn’t identify which judges ruled on this case.


13 posted on 06/23/2020 5:48:08 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: marshmallow

I’m telling you, true churches are gonna have to go underground soon.


14 posted on 06/23/2020 5:48:56 PM PDT by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: marshmallow

What about a protest, also limited to 10 people?


15 posted on 06/23/2020 5:51:51 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: marshmallow

Probably time to rise up, and form a Burning Looting Movement like the BLM did.


16 posted on 06/23/2020 5:52:31 PM PDT by rovenstinez (. SO,)
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To: marshmallow

Is there a 10 person limit on protests???


17 posted on 06/23/2020 5:52:56 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

I saw the list.

Protesters...2000 allowed
Looters....1000
Rioters in general..1500
Folks who burn things to the ground..350
Folks who assault others...290

:)


18 posted on 06/23/2020 5:55:06 PM PDT by dp0622 (The very future of tihe Republic is at stake. We no that makes sw know dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Answered in post 18


19 posted on 06/23/2020 5:55:27 PM PDT by dp0622 (The very future of tihe Republic is at stake. We no that makes sw know dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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To: marshmallow

Nope.

If the Left doesn’t have to follow “the law” then neither do we.

Make it a point to have 25 people show up - All armed to the teeth.

Try to enforce it.


20 posted on 06/23/2020 6:09:19 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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