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Title: Federal judge rules Illinois’ stay-at-home order constitutional
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WGEM
URL Source: https://wgem.com/2020/05/04/federal ... -at-home-order-constitutional/
Published: May 4, 2020
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2020-05-06 09:14:05 by Gatlin
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Post Article – ENA, Ill. (WREX) -- On the same day Beloved Church in Lena held a service with more than 100 people, defying Governor JB Pritzker's stay-at-home order, a U.S. district judge rules the order constitutional. Beloved Church and its pastor Stephen Cassell filed the federal complaint Thursday. The lawsuit claimed the state and other local authorities have "intentionally denigrated Illinois churches and pastors and people of faith by relegating them to second-class citizenship." But, a ruling from U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee says the state's stay-at-home order is constitutional. Lee denied the motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. The 37-page ruling cited the governor's new order, which recognized free exercise of religion as an "essential activity." That adjustment was made on April 30 by the Pritzker administration, the same day the lawsuit was filed. "The Court is mindful that the religious activities permitted by the April 30 Order are imperfect substitutes for an in-person service where all eighty members of Beloved Church can stand together, side-by-side, to sing, pray, and engage in communal fellowship. Still, given the continuing threat posed by COVID-19, the Order preserves relatively robust avenues for praise, prayer and fellowship and passes constitutional muster. Until testing data signals that it is safe to engage more fully in exercising our spiritual beliefs (whatever they might be), Plaintiffs, as Christians, can take comfort in the promise of Matthew 18:20—“For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them,'" the decision states. Cassell disagrees, and says people need to be together to worship. "For the last four weeks, we have been doing it the way other churches have been doing it and you cannot minister to a persons heart and provide for their spiritual needs and the needs of their soul by being electronically distanced, you just can't do it," Pastor Cassell told 13 WREX on Sunday. "For present purposes, it suffices to state that Governor Pritzker’s April 30 Order satisfies minimal constitutional requirements as they pertain to religious organizations, like the Beloved Church. Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction is denied," the conclusion of the ruling states. The church has not received a citation for Sunday's service, according to Lena Village President Dennis Bergman. He did say the church could still be cited in the future. The church says it does plan on having another in person service, though it did not say if that was planned for this Sunday. When asked on Monday if he will urge authorities to step in and "do something more" than just disperse crowds, Gov. Pritzker said people can be jailed for it, but suggested that not be the first course of action.
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I have many interesting and some extremely controversial articles to post. I would like to be able to do that with the complete understanding that I post these articles merely for discussion. They may or may not in any way reflect my personal conclusions or opinions. I ask that you do the rational and intelligent thing by reading the articles and agree or challenge information in those articles. Instead of immediately shooting from the hip and incorrectly assuming that I fully agree with the content in the article merely because I posted it and then attacking me personally. Should you have questions on my positions, feel free to ask me before making unreasonable and illogical false assumptions. That is the intelligent thing to do. Therefore, please show your intelligence for all to see, instead of just jumping in head first and personally attacking me – as the “forum sport of the day.” I do not mind personal attacks on me and I enjoy the sport of the challenge in them. However - For Christ's Sake - be justified in making them and not doing so because of an irrational assumption after "getting a hair up you ass". So,I will try once again to post articles and respond to pings on open forum. If however there is any effort made to exercise fascist censorship on me, then I will return to the “protective custody” of PM.
The Gatlin Nigtoe canaries should be jailed for flocking together. Too many ghey canaries not social distancing from real Americans!
Then Congress can do the same and stay at home.
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Still, given the continuing threat posed by COVID-19, the Order preserves relatively robust avenues for praise, prayer and fellowship and passes constitutional muster.
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