The Supreme Court threw out a federal district court’s ruling that had rejected a Colorado church s challenge to the state’s restrictions on houses of worship Dec. 15.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that a federal court must reexamine Colorado’s coronavirus restrictions on indoor religious services.
In an unsigned decision, the court threw out a federal district court’s ruling that had rejected High Plains Harvest Church’s challenge to the state’s restrictions on houses of worship, according to the Star Tribune.
The decision comes after the Supreme Court granted temporary relief from Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions on houses of worship. The court also tossed out an order from a Central District of California court that had upheld Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on houses of worship.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has filed a lawsuit against D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for putting an “unscientific” and “discriminatory” 50-person limit on houses of worship during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed the lawsuit on behalf of the archdiocese in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia.
The lawsuit says the archdiocese “has worked with the District of Columbia to protect public health, including by voluntarily suspending public Masses in March.
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A legal expert declared another victory for religious liberty after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the three Muslim men that could benefit faith-based organizations and the greater Christian community.
As reported by The Christian Headlines, the justices of the Supreme Court made an 8-0 decision following the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which allows a person to sue or seek monetary damages when their religious liberty is violated. Under the act, lawsuits can be filed against government or federal officials given their individual capacities.
Senior counsel for First Liberty Institute Stephanie Taub calls the recent ruling as a victory for religious liberty.
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The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., has filed a federal lawsuit against Mayor Muriel Bowser over “unscientific” and “discriminatory” restrictions on public worship during the coronavirus pandemic.
The arbitrary 50-person limit in any house of worship violates “the rights of more than 650,000 D.C.-area Catholics, who at the end of this most difficult year now face the chilling prospect of being told that there is no room for them at the Church this Christmas,” the lawsuit states.
“Under both the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the District’s arbitrary, unscientific, and discriminatory treatment of religious worship is illegal,” the suit declares, adding “the District’s hard caps on numbers of worshippers cannot withstand scrutiny.”
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