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United States News Title: Chicago Mayor Launches Police Raid to Shut Down Black Church’s Sunday Services Breitbart by Warner Todd Huston On Sunday, Chicagos first openly gay mayor, Lori Lightfoot, mounted a raid on a black South Side church for holding services in defiance of her coronavirus lockdown orders. Lightfoot reportedly sent three marked squad cars and two unmarked cars full of officers to the Chicago Cornerstone Baptist Church in the South Sides Woodlawn neighborhood. Woodlawn is just south of Hyde Park, the area in which the Obamas lived for a short time before Barack became president. https://twitter.com/cujo_14/status/1264667471933562881 The pastor of the mostly black congregation, Courtney Lewis, reportedly shut and locked the doors and refused to allow the officers to gain entry to the building, Todd Starnes reported. Pastor Lewis told Starnes that he felt like he was confronting the Soviet-style KGB as the officers pounded on his doors and demanded entry to shut the church down. Thankfully, our doors were locked as a normal safety precaution we take each service to protect our members from the escalating gun violence in Chicago, Lewis said. A sentry that is usually posted outside the sanctuary to monitor the street during service also reported seeing occupants of a dark car with tinted windows filming the incident through one opened window. All we are seeking is the same consideration and trust that is being tendered toward the liquor stores, abortion clinics, and Walmart, Lewis told Starnes. Lewis is also seeking help from U.S. Attorney John Lausch. We are trying to follow the laws of man as much as reasonably possible, but when the laws of man conflict with the laws of God, I, as a pastor, have a duty to follow the laws of God, Lewis wrote in a recent letter to Lausch. We will not be intimidated by this overhanded government bully, but we are requesting the assistance of our president and our Justice Department in correcting this grave miscarriage of the law. Lightfoot, Chicagos Mayor since May of last year, has been targeting the citys churches for several weeks as houses of worship have begun balking at her draconian lockdown orders. Late last week, Lightfoot excoriated the citys churches, saying that their desire to re-open is dangerous and foolish. Also last week, the city began fining churches that Lightfoot thinks are violating her coronavirus lockdown orders. After some churches started holding services on the second weekend of May, fines were handed out to churches, including Philadelphia Romanian Church of God, Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church, Metro Praise International, and others. Law service Liberty Counsel reported on May 23 that Elim Pentecostal Church and other Romanian churches in the city received letters from the Chicago Department of Public Health, invoking emergency orders and deeming churches a danger to society. The letters also invoked summary abatement, which gives the city the power to forcibly enter properties without a judges orders and impose the mayors will on occupants. On Friday, President Donald Trump updated federal guidelines for re-opening the economy and added that churches are essential institutions and should be allowed to re-open without government opposition. Today, I am identifying houses of worship, churches, synagogues, and mosques as essential places that provide essential services, Trump said on Friday, announcing the release of new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. A similar flurry of harsh orders has come from the states governor, as well. Illinoiss recently elected Gov. J.B. Pritzker, heir to the billion-dollar Hyatt Hotel chain, continues to maintain that Illinois must remain on near-total lockdown as a measure to stave off the coronavirus. Pritzker, who has instituted the most draconian lockdown in the country, recently decreed that churches must not allow more than 50 worshippers inside at a time, until there is a vaccine for the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Pritzker took criticism for demanding that everyone stay at home even as he allowed his wife to fly off to their Florida estate where lockdowns are not as strict. He was also caught ordering construction crews from Illinois to travel to Wisconsin to work on his property there despite those strict stay-at-home orders he was doling out to his constituents. But Pritzker is facing mounting pressure to roll back his authoritarian coronavirus policies. Last Wednesday, the governor succumbed to pressure to cancel his order to criminally charge businesses that opened their doors in defiance of his coronavirus orders. Illinoisans are becoming increasingly restive under Pritzkers rule. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against the states coronavirus decrees, and many county governments are shying away from the lockdowns. A growing number of county sheriffs and board members are refusing to enforce the governors orders. Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at facebook.com/Warner.Todd.Huston.
Poster Comment: Meanwhile, Pritzker took criticism for demanding that everyone stay at home even as he allowed his wife to fly off to their Florida estate where lockdowns are not as strict. He was also caught ordering construction crews from Illinois to travel to Wisconsin to work on his property there despite those strict stay-at-home orders he was doling out to his constituents. Eff these elitist Nazi douchebags.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
I went to church services on Sunday inside the structure. We even had a married couple from a different denomination join us because their church was closed. We did this social distancing nonsense and all. It was nice even though that old lady who thinks she's a singer and belts out her hymns which kill my ear drums is okay. She's nosy too. Afterwards, I accepted the preacher's invite to join him and his family for lunch. There were six of us and the meal was divine. It was a beautiful day. People need people and don't watch the news unless you want to put a gun to your head. Yes, suicides are up.
Did you get a sense that the preacher understood the "pandemic" beyond what he hears from the MSM? I haven't been to church in years and hardly know any Christians these days. The one couple I keep in touch with have been mentioning "conspiracy theories" in our recent conversations, whereas before...not so much. Glad you had a good day with those Christians. I'll bet the preacher and his family greatly enjoyed your visit, as well, and are still talking about you, Fred;) Reminders me of a hymn...
One of their parents is having a revival on the other side of the river in Floyds Knobs next week. It will be under a tent at 7 p.m. I said, "7 p.m.? That's after happy hour." We have a mutual affection and I think they are trying to save my soul. I love their 3 kids ages 8, 5 and 2. They help to keep me young.
#7. To: Fred Mertz (#6)
Well...what's preventing you? Time, one way or the other, is running out. Get it settled today. (Don't wait for that revival meeting) Today, sir! Will you accept Christ?
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