Religious Liberty
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May 1st, 2020
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By: First Liberty Staff – firstliberty.org– April 29, 2020 Religious Liberty Law Firm Seeks Restraining Order Against Washington Governor’s Criminalization of Bible StudyGovernor’s policy banning religious gatherings of any size is inconsistent with CDC Guidelines and violates the Constitution Seattle, WA—First Liberty Institute and a network attorney with The North Creek Law Firm today sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) on...
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April 16th, 2020
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By: Tucker Carlson – firstliberty.org – April 2020 Kelly Shackelford and First Liberty Client Pastor Charleston Hamilton of King James Bible Baptist Church (“KJBBC”) join Tucker Carlson to discuss how the attacks against “drive-in” worship services in Greenville, Mississippi are unconstitutional. During a Good Friday service held in the KJBBC parking lot, elderly worshippers were fined and threatened with going to...
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April 16th, 2020
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By: First Liberty Staff – firstliberty.org – April 11, 2020 This afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Justin Walker granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing Louisville, Kentucky Mayor Greg Fischer from blocking On Fire Church from holding drive-in services on Easter.  The TRO was filed yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky by First Liberty...
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April 16th, 2020
Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral NYC
By: Melissa Quinn & Clare Hymes – cbsnews.com – April 16, 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic continues to upend daily life for millions of Americans, with nearly the entire population subject to mandatory stay-at-home orders, the public health crisis is pitting state and local officials against worshippers in some states, as they grapple with limitations on large gatherings. To curtail...
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April 16th, 2020
People attend Easter Sunday church services in the cars in, Maryland
By: Andrew C. McCarthy – nationalreview.com – April 16, 2020 States that want to break up church services to prevent infection must demonstrate a genuine need and use the least restrictive means possible. State and municipal governments have the power to protect their citizens from the spread of infectious disease. “There is no pandemic exception, however, to the fundamental liberties the Constitution...
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April 13th, 2020
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By John Fund – nationalreview.com – April 12, 2020 Some local officials have come after religious organizations with unseemly zeal. For Christians, Easter is a time to celebrate resurrection. But it’s been hard for some Americans to do that because their local officials are bent on suppressing their observance of the holiday. Consider members of the King James Bible Baptist Church of...
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April 13th, 2020
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
By: Nick Arama – redstate.com – April 19, 2020 Some folks in Kentucky were determined to go to Easter services today, despite the order of the Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear against public gatherings during the pandemic. The Governor had threatened to record license plate numbers and then order a 14-day quarantine for anyone in attendance. But that didn’t stop folks...
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April 3rd, 2020
By: R. Albert Mohler Jr. & Kelly J. Shackelford – washingtonpost.com – April 3, 2020 Perhaps the question most asked of either of us lately — whether as a theologian or a religious liberty attorney — is whether religious liberty is imperiled by government officials responding responsibly to the threat of the covid-19 pandemic. We do not think so. Americans treasure not only the “free...
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April 3rd, 2020
White House surrounded by $100s
By: George Schroeder & Jonathan Howe – bpnews.net –  April 02, 2020 An Interim Final Rule published by the U.S. Small Business Administration provides assurance that churches and other ministries are in fact eligible to receive loans as part of a massive financial stimulus bill passed last week by Congress, and that those faith-based nonprofits will not face potential conflict with...
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April 2nd, 2020
Mayor Bill De Blasio
By: Emily Zanotti – dailywire.com – April 2, 2020 New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has reassured panicked progressives that he will be monitoring Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical Christian organization constructing a field hospital to help treat coronavirus victims in Manhattan, for signs of “discrimination” after leftists on social media noticed that the Franklin Graham-led organization opposes gay marriage. Samaritan’s...
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