Lauren Daigle performs during the Dove Awards in Nashville. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)
Christian performing artist Lauren Daigle has won a couple of Grammys and five Billboard Music awards, but her talent and popularity notwithstanding, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell claims she committed the unpardonable sin.
That would be performing without a mask in a “Let Us Worship” protest gathering in November in the French Quarter’s Jackson Square. The protest was organized by evangelical activist Sean Feucht and was held without a city permit.
“Ms. Daigle cannot and should not be rewarded with national media exposure and the public spotlight,” Cantrell told Dick Clark Productions in a December 9 letter that was made available to the media. Cantrell was referring to the annual “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve” show.
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One might assume that in California, which produces two-thirds of the nation’s fruits and nuts and more than one-third of its vegetables, folks would take the “insect apocalypse” seriously and work with the state to protect critical pollinators like bumblebees.
Unfortunately, while insects face a potentially unprecedented collapse, a California Superior Court ruled recently that insects are not covered by the state’s Endangered Species Act. That disturbing decision should promote state and federal action.
Among state-level endangered species laws, the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) is arguably the strongest. It was CESA’s protective measures that led environmental organizations to successfully petition to list four bumble bee species under the law in the first place.
Greenpeace USA
by Perry Wheeler
Greenpeace urges Walmart to move toward systems of reuse
Washington, DC – Greenpeace Inc. filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court today, alleging that Walmart has employed unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices by incorrectly labeling and advertising its various private label throwaway plastic products and packaging as recyclable. Through the suit, Greenpeace is demanding that Walmart remove false and misleading labels stating that its disposable plastic products and packaging are recyclable, when they are not. Greenpeace alleges that Walmart has violated California consumer protection laws, including the California Environmental Marketing Claims Act (EMCA) which regulates deceptive environmental marketing claims.
Senator Wilk Sends Letter In Support Of Classifying Restaurants As Essential Businesses
Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, sent a letter signed by senators of both parties to California Governor Gavin Newsom last Friday evening, asking the state to reclassify restaurants as essential businesses.
The letter comes in the face of the fact that outdoor dining is set to remain closed until at least Dec. 27, at a time when many restaurants would normally be experiencing a business-saving boom of holiday business.
“In 2019, more than 1.8 million jobs were attributed to the restaurant and foodservice industry in California. This equates to approximately eleven percent of employment in the state. Closed restaurants means jobs lost, missed rent, mortgage and car payments and a lot of unemployment checks,” reads the letter.
Attorney Sees 9th Circuit Decision as Landmark for Religious Liberty
News Analysis
A Dec. 15 decision striking down a Nevada anti-CCP virus regulation shuttering churches but leaving casinos and other businesses open is a new landmark in protecting religious freedom, according to an attorney who argued the case.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided in favor of Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley against Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s edict that treated churches more harshly than other entities, including casinos.
The Appeals Court issued an injunction against Sisolak’s edict and directed the lower federal district court that had previously upheld it to revise its decision in light of the Supreme Court’s November ruling striking down New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s regulation that shuttered churches while leaving “essential” businesses open.