Posted on 08/17/2022 7:06:23 PM PDT by marshmallow
A California appeals court says a church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large religious services won’t have to pay about $200,000 in fines
SAN J0SE, Calif. -- A California church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large religious services won't have to pay about $200,000 in fines, a state appeals court ruled.
Calvary Chapel San Jose and its pastors were held in contempt of court and fined in 2020 and 2021 for violating state and county limits on indoor public gatherings. The rules were aimed at preventing the spread through close contract of the virus, which has caused more than 10 million confirmed cases and more than 93,500 deaths since the pandemic began in mid-2020, according to state public health figures.
But on Monday, California's 6th District Court of Appeal reversed those lower court decisions, citing a May 2020 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in February 2021 that a ban by Gov. Gavin Newsom on indoor worship services in counties where COVID-19 was surging violated freedom of religion.
The decision by a newly conservative majority court came less than a year after the high court previously ruled the ban was justified on health and safety grounds.
The appellate court noted that the restrictions on indoor gatherings also applied to secular gatherings but were stricter for worship services than for secular activities such as going to grocery stores.
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Good!
The covid-commies also went after John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church but he kept preaching and never relented and the commies finally backed-off.
still waiting for all the lawsuits from businesses that were forced to close, and those that suffered from the BLM riots!
MacArthur came to mind.
Is He still in a
Lawsuit?
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