Posted on 08/21/2020 6:14:20 PM PDT by marshmallow
In Solid Rock Baptist Church v. Murphy, (D NJ, Aug. 20, 2020), a New Jersey federal district court rejected a church's challenge to the limits on indoor worship services imposed in New Jersey governor's COVID-19 orders, The court said in part:
Although Plaintiffs have made a compelling case that the Executive Orders were crafted with religious indifference, the Court may not invalidate the executive orders on those grounds alone. In the end, Plaintiffs have been unable to demonstrate that the restrictions on indoor gatherings were crafted with religious animus, have been applied unequally, or lack a rational relationship to a legitimate government objective....
Plaintiffs are rightfully disillusioned that the State has not prioritized indoor religious activity to the same degree as outdoor social justice protests. The State’s apathy to sincerely held religious beliefs, alone, however, does not establish unequal treatment as it pertains to indoor gatherings.
(Excerpt) Read more at religionclause.blogspot.com ...
There’s this pesky commandment about killing or murder ... something like that, that comes to mind in cases like this. I think you obtain a keep out of hell card for going against the commandment.
Judge Renee Marie Bumb
W Boosh appointee
You can rob, rape and riot but cannot worship.
This Bush judge doesn’t see it but it seems to me that this government restriction is certainly interfering with the free exercise of religion. But that’s just me.
So the judge can’t read plain English? 1st Amendment is pretty clear the government cannot influence the church.
Appeal
Where are the Knights Templar when we need them?
The judge wrongly believes that because the governor’s order limits all indoor worship, regardless of creed, that it is legal because the gov’t must have power over such things to protect the people.
Therefore, in the future, a governor can ban all religious ceremonies to “protect the people”.
For Easter, a federal judge wrote a luminous decision defending religious liberty
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