Posted on 11/16/2020 6:50:10 PM PST by marshmallow
Church said restrictions targeting houses of worship violate the First Amendment
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn is turning to the Supreme Court over coronavirus restrictions that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed that include limits on how many congregants can gather for religious services.
The emergency court filing, submitted Thursday, compares the prohibitions houses of worship face with the relative freedom afforded to many businesses under an order that Cuomo issued in October, in which he designated color-coded zones with varying degrees of limitations.
“While this Executive Order effectively closes churches and other houses of worship, all businesses deemed 'essential' by the Governor—including everything from supermarkets to pet stores, huge hardware stores to brokers' offices—are permitted to remain open without any capacity limitations whatsoever, even in the most restrictive 'red' zones. In 'orange' zones, even the vast majority of nonessential businesses, including department stores, can remain open without limitation—yet churches cannot,” the filing said.
Cuomo’s order limited services at houses of worship to no more than 10 people in red zones, regardless of the size of the building, with orange zones capped at 25 and yellow zones at 50% capacity.
The diocese claimed that they were hit with these restrictions even though they themselves had not seen any spike in COVID-19 cases, while businesses deemed “essential,” such as grocery stores, large hardware stores and pet stores were unaffected in red zones, and more businesses enjoyed freedom in other zones without restrictions on capacity. They alleged that such a difference in treatment violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
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And from the Orthodox hierarchs?
{{{crickets}}}
They had better present a good case, or churches will be shut down for good.
Figures. I bet they are all in for Biden, too.
As one bishop observed at Vatican II, the only exercise of collegiality recorded in Sacred Scripture is “and they all fled.”
Don’t think that y’all east of the Bosphorus have it worse.
The percentage of Catholic Bishops willing to correspond to the Gift of Fortitude is not remarkably high, but because there are so many of them, if the few incidents where it happens are reported it may make it appear that they are great.
And you will have Freepmail shortly.
As one bishop observed at Vatican II, the only exercise of collegiality recorded in Sacred Scripture is “and they all fled.
+1
Obviously inspired by Dante's words about the illumination of the road to Hell.
The pandemic is the Democrats greatest wet dream! To be able to outlaw Church has been their desire for years!! The Church threatens their agenda
“They had better present a good case, or churches will be shut down for good.”
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Way back in the Olden Days.....
Peoples of all faiths held church services in secret in their homes, out in fields, risking jail, death, torture, etc...
Priests these days are Social Priests: Not Christ lead priests.
I’m not just knocking them; Pastors in all the faiths have gone weak-kneed. They like having their tax deductions and are willing to sacrifice their flock for that, alone.
Those pastors and very few priests who are Christ led are few and far between. If you know one, or know of one, be grateful and pray for their continued strength.
If the bishops had done this on day one of the Rona we’d all be able to go to Mass as usual instead of all the crap we’ve had to do.
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