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Supreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church services Roberts sides w liberals
A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Over the dissent of the four more conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four liberals in turning away a request from the South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista, California, in the San Diego area.
The church argued that limits on how many people can attend their services violate constitutional guarantees of religious freedom and had been seeking an order in time for services on Sunday. The church said it has crowds of 200 to 300 people for its services.
Roberts wrote in brief opinion that the restriction allowing churches to reopen at 25% of their capacity, with no more than 100 worshipers at a time, “appear consistent" with the First Amendment. Roberts said similar or more severe limits apply to concerts, movies and sporting events “where large groups of people gather in close proximity for extended periods of time.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in dissent that the restriction “discriminates against places of worship and in favor of comparable secular businesses. Such discrimination violates the First Amendment.” Kavanaugh pointed to supermarkets, restaurants, hair salons, cannabis dispensaries and other businesses that are not subject to the same restrictions.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/supreme-c...-with-liberals
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Roberts should read the Religion Clause of the First Amendment.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or *prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Establishing attendance numbers is a violation.
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Fuck Roberts. We need to do whatever it takes to re-elect Trump and then Ginsberg needs to go. Roberts is the new Kennedy who was the new Oconnor
Fucking shit for brain republican nominees always screw us.
I hope Roberts has a heart attack and dies
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Good for them. We at the churches need to maintain being a sanctuary for people. Anything we do to jeopardize that is a disservice to the faithful patrons and the lord. I don't know who these people are that want different but it sounds very burdensome to the Christian brand. Maybe it's those money driven phony-baloney megachurches. Less people = less money.
Guno צְבִי (05-30-2020)
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Earl (05-30-2020)
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maybe. it certainly is a high bar to clear.Originally Posted by Earl
Roberts treats churches like bars and restaurants
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Why does the Trump cult hate America and the Consitution?
Earl (05-30-2020)
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Nobody is abridging your freedom to worship. You just can't do it in person if doing so is contrary to the public health. I'm pretty sure that if you had a religion that sacrificed virgins they would probably abridge your right to practice that religion.
Earl (05-30-2020)
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Good on SCOTUS
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Earl (05-30-2020)
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says the fake christian
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The Religion Clause of the First Amendment does not mention limits to religious freedom.
It does mention “prohibiting the free exercise thereof.“
The far left loons hate that clause and all of the Second Amendment.
Stretch (05-30-2020)
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It says you can believe and worship.
It does not say you get to go to a building during a pandemic.
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Sad that Roberts cant get in there and do the job so we have to keep replacing dead liberals with conservatives. If Roberts acted like he should maybe we wouldnt have to replace Ginsberg with Alex Jones.
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