Posted on 12/30/2020 5:35:02 PM PST by marshmallow
Two megachurches in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are facing stiff fines and community backlash after health officials alleged the houses of worship violated Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's COVID-19 executive orders by hosting indoor Christmas Eve services attended by hundreds of congregants.
One of the churches responded with a public statement saying, "when governments exceed their constitutional authority and contradict what we are called on by God to do, we answer first to His authority."
Legacy Church and Calvary Church were both sent notices of "contemplated action" by the state Health Department on Monday. The notices said the churches are each being fined up to $10,000, and officials are mulling “other remedies" to prevent them from holding large gatherings in violation of rules intended to blunt the spread of coronavirus.
State health officials launched investigations after videos and photos of the Christmas Eve services were posted on the churches' Instagram accounts, prompting widespread condemnation from government leaders and the members of the community at large.
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this is not the United States of America anymore.
It’s time to start dragging these “leaders” out of their tinpots and tar and feathering.
Don’t pay it.
“ members of the community at large”...the Karen brigade, in other words.
And put a lien on the property? 10 grand for a megachurch is like 5 bucks.
This is the reason that churches should never apply for 301C3 status.
I don’t know if they are or not but they should leave if at all possible.
The Constitution says that the government shall make no laws regarding religion or the exercise thereof....
And not tar and feathering over clothes
Right to the naked skin
How? When the majority of population votes these people into office, what else there to do except not complying with the new laws, and when that happens, then the Christian church is fully under persecution.
New Mexico “mega” is a bit smaller than most.
That’s not how a REPUBLIC works - when the leaders act without the will of the people - AFTER an election - the people have to reassert authority.
It wasn't.
The satan-loving fascists despise religion. Hop, they will receive justice.
After the amount of election fraud we’ve seen, how can you really still think that people actually voted for this?
No doubt some do, but in general, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and presume the politicians cheated their way into office.
Except for a few, how many people have the will and courage to re-assert authority?
Perhaps not, but as I said in a previous post, how many people actually have the will and courage to put a stop to this abuse of power? I see that the stage is being set to assert power over the population as a whole.
Correction it is 501C3 and not 301C3...
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