Posted on 08/26/2020 6:07:52 PM PDT by marshmallow
‘The court correctly concluded that Los Angeles County’s renewed application for a temporary restraining order was both procedurally and substantively defective.’
LOS ANGELES, August 26, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – After weeks of back and forth, the California Superior Court decided that the County of Los Angeles can no longer attempt to obtain a court order prohibiting a Christian megachurch from holding indoor worship services.
Instead of granting a temporary restraining order against Grace Community Church led by renowned Pastor John MacArthur, Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff allowed the county to enforce its own health orders.
MacArthur and his worship center are represented by the Thomas More Society.
Special Counsel Paul Jonna said, “The court correctly concluded that Los Angeles County’s renewed application for a temporary restraining order was both procedurally and substantively defective.”
“This was their fourth unsuccessful attempt to obtain a court order prohibiting indoor worship services at Grace Community Church,” Jonna emphasized. “We look forward to fully vindicating our clients’ constitutionally protected rights in subsequent proceedings for this important case.”
His colleague, Jenna Ellis, said, “This should signal to LA County that California courts will not quickly or easily trample the constitutionally protected rights of churches.”
“We maintain that their health order is unconstitutionally burdening the right of churches to worship, and there exists no rational basis, much less a compelling interest, to try to shut down indoor services at this point, particularly when the county is allowing strip clubs to operate and massive riots to take place – and not seeking restraining orders against them,” she added.
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FU Bastard Garcetti and adulterous Bastard Newsom. You do not represent your citizen constituents, but illegal aliens. FU!
Will the mayor shut off power and water to the courthouse?
Now tell your congregation to SHUN All these Elected Officials terrorizing the Church, ask God to strike them with a lightning bolt while you’re at it.
I would consider this as a tremendous good news story for religious freedom, but FR is so infested with negative, soul-sucking, low IQ defeatists that this article can only muster three comments.
This place is going down the crapper fast.
Bump and amen ...
Chief justice roberts in not consistent with his judgements. He allows government to shut down churches....and also allows them to not shut down strip joints. He should tell the states that one cannot apply the law unequally. If so, they need to cease and desist.
Who owns him?
When we meet together the power of Jesus is multiplied through us. Leftards are trying to keep that from happening. More proof that the left is satanic in nature.
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