Growing number of churches sue for in-person services after DOJ intervention

A growing number of churches are suing governors’ bans on in-person church services after the Department of Justice filed a statement on Sunday supporting a Virginia church attempting to resume such services.

On Wednesday, two churches filed complaints against their respective governors. In Maine, Calvary Chapel alleged that Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’s order restricting religious gatherings to 10 people violated the First Amendment’s freedom of religion and assembly clauses.

The suit was filed by Liberty Counsel, a legal nonprofit organization whose co-founder Mat Staver told the Washington Examiner that he considers all bans on church services “unconstitutional.” In the complaint, the group makes the argument that governments do not have the authority to limit religious freedoms during a pandemic.

via www.washingtonexaminer.com

Should be an interesting case.