Posted on 10/12/2020 6:55:04 PM PDT by marshmallow
CNA Staff, Oct 12, 2020 / 05:00 pm MT (CNA).- A Protestant church suing the District of Columbia over coronavirus restrictions held an outdoor service on Sunday, following a court injunction permitting the socially-distanced service.
Capitol Hill Baptist Church, which is one of the largest in Washington, DC, sued the district in September, saying that it unfairly targeted religious institutions by capping outdoor gatherings at 100 people, but permitting larger gatherings for other purposes.
The church was denied a permit to use the nearby R.F.K. Stadium’s parking lots for services, but the city permitted a pop-up drive-in movie theatre to use the same location.
In a ruling issued Friday, Judge Trevor McFadden of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia said that Washington, D.C.’s pandemic reopening restrictions do “substantially burden the church’s exercise of religion” and that “the District has failed to offer evidence at this stage showing that it has a compelling interest in preventing the church from meeting outdoors with appropriate precautions, or that this prohibition is the least-restrictive means to achieve its interest.”
Previously, the church had been forced to meet across the river in Virginia, where there are fewer restrictions. They will now move to outdoor spots in the District of Columbia.
The church’s leader, Pastor Justin Sok, said that the injunction was “restoring equity by extending to religious gatherings the same protections that have been afforded other similar gatherings during this pandemic.”
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There is definitely something wrong here. The poster’s, and author’s tin foil hats apparently not stopping the government from beaming messages into their brains. May I suggest a commercial aluminum foil, as it is significantly thicker and should provide better protection from the RF signals being broadcast to the fillings in your teeth. However, if your dog begins to send you messages, it’s time to check into the local ER and explain all of this to them.
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