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CA Churches Appeal to Ninth Circuit
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22, 2020 /Christian Newswire/ Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry have appealed yet again to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the federal district court of California s denial of a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Governor Gavin Newsom s unconstitutional orders. Liberty Counsel immediately filed an appeal.
Judge Jesus G. Bernal denied the request despite the recent rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit in favor of houses of worship. The Supreme Court has issued a clear roadmap when it ruled that New York s COVID restrictions violated the First Amendment Free Exercise rights of churches and synagogues, and then granted the petition of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry.
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Back to church in Nevada
Religious Liberty | Pandemic-spawned restrictions on places of worship continue to fall Posted 12/21/20, 02:00 pm
The website of the Las Vegas–area church Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley features a new banner: “Church services have resumed.”
A federal appeals court panel last week ruled Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s 50-person cap on in-person worship services was unconstitutional, overturning a lower court decision. It’s the latest court ruling to reel in governors’ pandemic restrictions on churches.
The unanimous ruling by three judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Sisolak’s directive unfairly put looser restrictions on casinos, restaurants, arcades, and other businesses, which had to operate at 50 percent capacity but faced no numerical ceiling. Sisolak lowered that cap to 25 percent of capacity for businesses but maintained the 50-person
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Los Angeles Finally Agrees to Supreme Court Worship Ruling: No Pastor, Church. Should Have to Choose Between Worship and Prison
12-21-2020
On Monday, the Los Angeles County Health Department finally dropped the county s COVID restrictions against religious gatherings and also removed the attendance limits on worship services.
The Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit religious rights law firm, said the county s public health department issued a Revised Temporary Order that specifies that houses of worship in Los Angeles can now conduct services indoors with no numerical or percentage caps and only social distancing between separate households.
LA County officials took this action after waiting nearly a month since the US Supreme Court ruled these types of restrictions are wrong. Back in November, the high court had granted an emergency petition on behalf of New York City synagogues and Roman Catholic churches in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo and Agudath Isra
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Los Angeles County recently announced that it was allowing houses of worship to hold both indoor and outdoor services, reversing an earlier ban on indoor services.
In a statement Saturday, the county government explained that the decision to allow the services comes due to recent legal decisions from the United States Supreme Court.
“Places of worship are permitted to offer faith-based services both indoors and outdoors with mandatory physical distancing and face coverings over both the nose and mouth that must be worn at all times while on site,” stated the county.
“Places of worship must also assure that attendance does not exceed the number of people who can be accommodated while maintaining a physical distance of six feet between separate households.”