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Churches File Emergency Injunction With SCOTUS After Chicago Threatens to Shut Them Down
Today, two Romanian churches filed an emergency injunction pending appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Liberty Counsel represents Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and Logos Baptist Ministries. The emergency request was occasioned because of the Chicago Department of Public Health letter sent to the churches this past Saturday, May 23. The city is threatening closure and …
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Chicago Threatens to Close, ‘Destroy’ Pentecostal Church
Today, the Chicago Department of Public Health sent a letter to Elim Pentecostal Church and other Romanian churches in the city threatening closure and “summary abatement.” In the threatening letter, Commissioner Allison Arwady wrote: “I am authorized to seek to enjoin such nuisance or to cause the same to be summarily abated in such manner …
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Judge Rules: ‘No Pandemic Exception to Constitution’
A federal judge in North Carolina granted a statewide temporary restraining order on Saturday to block Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order that criminalizes churchgoers for attending indoor worship services of more than 10 people. In his ruling, James C. Dever III wrote, “There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution of the United States or …
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Appeals Court Gives Big Win for Churches
In a 3-0 opinion Saturday, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted an injunction for in-person church services in the case involving Maryville (Kentucky) Baptist Church and Pastor Roberts. Last week on Saturday, May 2, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an injunction for parking lot services for the church. The order …
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Kansas City Mayor Repeals Order That Forced Churches to Record Churchgoers’ Information
In his Executive Order 20-01, with an effective date of May 6, Kansas City Democrat Mayor Quinton Lucas ordered that houses of worship and some other “non-essential” operations record the names and contact information of any person who stays inside for 10 minutes or longer. The name and contact information were required so that the …
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Pastors Issue Declaration to Illinois Gov. Saying They Will Open Their Churches May 10
Romanian pastors in Illinois have issued a declaration to Gov. J.B. Pritzker announcing they are opening their churches for in-person services on May 10, with proper and extensive social distancing and safety precautions. Liberty Counsel represents these pastors and churches and will be filing a federal lawsuit against Gov. Pritzker’s unconstitutional orders. The six pastors …
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Sued for ‘Criminalizing Worship’
Pastor Kevin Wilson and Lighthouse Fellowship Church on Chincoteague Island filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Ralph Northam for violating their religious freedom by targeting churchgoers on Palm Sunday. Liberty Counsel represents the pastor and church and filed the lawsuit today in federal court. Police served a summons to Pastor Wilson for holding a church …
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Florida County Where Pastor Arrested for Services Now Recognizes Churches as Essential
Hillsborough County Council just met and voted to reverse its order from law last Friday. At the recommendation of County Attorney Christine Beck, the council voted to recognize churches as “essential.” Mayor Jane Castor wanted to impose the 10-person and 6-foot social distancing restriction on churches, but the council voted against her recommendation at the …
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UPS Punishes Drivers for Prayer Meetings, Liberty Counsel Says
United Parcel Services (UPS) has discriminated against employees’ religious freedom by punishing them for voluntarily praying together before work. Several drivers also have been fired. Liberty Counsel sent a demand letter to UPS stating that drivers’ prayer meetings must be allowed again, and the drivers who have been fired must be reinstated. In July 2019, …
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Chick-fil-A’s Not-So-Slow Fade Into Compromise
“There’s no question we know that, as we go into new markets, we need to be clear about who we are,” Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos said in an exclusive interview with Bisnow. “There are lots of articles and newscasts about Chick-fil-A, and we thought we needed to be clear about our …
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Boston Censors Christian Flag but Allows Communist, Transgender Flags on Gov Property
Liberty Counsel has asked a federal district court to forgo a trial and order the city of Boston to allow its resident Hal Shurtleff and his Christian civic organization, Camp Constitution, to fly the Christian flag on a city flagpole that Boston has opened to hundreds of other organizations. The city censored the religious viewpoint …
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New Film Blows the Cover Wide Open on America’s Biggest Serial Killer
The movie, Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer, depicts the true story of Kermit Gosnell and his Philadelphia abortion facility that killed babies in a live-birth abortion process. In May 2013, Gosnell was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy to kill and involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was convicted of …
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WATCH: MLK Shares His Prophetic Dream
As we remember today the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are inspired by his courage to combat the injustice that had become embedded in our culture and our law. Writing from a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. King said, “I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. …
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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds ObamaCare
AP PhotoThe 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled two-to-one in favor of the federal government in the case of Thomas More Law Center v. Obama, challenging the national authority of the government to mandate the purchase of healthcare insurance.
The Thomas More Law Center case, argued on June 1, was the second case to be argued at the court of appeals but the first one decided. The case drew a dissenting opinion that attacked the far-reaching dangers this law could impose on the American people.
Liberty Counsel's case, Liberty University v. Geithner, was argued on May 10, at the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision should come any day.
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Liberty Counsel Condemns Obama’s Israel Policy
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The founders of Liberty Counsel just returned from Israel. Mathew and Anita Staver met privately with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express the strong support of the America people for Israel.
President Obama has called for Israel to return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, which would make Israel only nine miles wide and thus lead to the complete destruction of the Jewish people.
