February 6, 2021
Late Friday night, Feb. 5, the Supreme Court responded to California’s ban on all indoor religious gatherings by granting injunctive relief to the churches challenging the overburdensome pandemic restriction. The Court’s 6-3 order overturned the ban, replacing it with a 25% capacity limit on indoor worship. However, litigation will continue on the state’s ban on singing and chanting, as the justices were split on that particular policy.
“This is a reasonable and good decision by the Supreme Court,” said Russell Moore, president of the ERLC, on the Saturday morning following the Court’s order. Moore’s comments continued:
WASHINGTON, D.C. â The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry (HIM) and partially granted the injunction pending appeal in the federal lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsomâs total ban on indoor worship. This was the second time Liberty Counsel appealed to the High Court on behalf of these churches. The ruling also included South Bay United Pentecostal Church. Liberty Counsel represents Harvest Rock Church, HIM, and Pastor Cheâ Ahn.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court enjoined California from enforcing the total ban on worship in the âBlueprintâsâ Tier 1 pending disposition of the case at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court. A majority held that instead of the total ban, California may impose a 25 percent building capacity limit in Tier 1. Based on the current record, a majority did not enjoin the ban on singing and chanting but did
Little Rock, Arkansas Today, the public policy watchdog American Atheists denounced Arkansas’s church superspreader bill (HB 1211), which this afternoon passed the Senate Committee for State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. This committee is chaired by State Senator Stanley “Jason” Rapert, a noted Christian nationalist lawmaker, whom American Atheists is suing for violating the free speech of atheists. This bill has already passed the Arkansas House of Representatives.
HB 1211 permits houses of worship to ignore public health restrictions, increasing the likelihood that they will become COVID-19 hotspots. Yet at no point during the hearing did Rapert or the bill’s sponsor, Senator Kim Hammer, consider the dangerous public health implications of this legislation. Nor did Rapert mention the testimony submitted by American Atheists or other groups, which raised these grave public health concerns.
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Is the Supreme Court shifting its stance on a COVID vaccine mandate?
SCOTUS Covid-19 vaccine restriction
and last updated 2021-01-28 21:34:51-05
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) Around the world, governments are wrestling with the question of whether to make the COVID-19 vaccines mandatory.
With more than 220,000 deaths from the virus in Brazil, the state of São Paulo announced last month it will require vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. The Brazilian supreme court ruled such a mandate is legal and individuals who refuse immunization can be penalized.
Legal scholars say state governments in the U.S. have the authority to enact similar vaccine mandates, but there are new questions emerging about how sweeping those requirements could be after a recent ruling by the Supreme Court.