Churches in California have won a big victory against their fascist governor Gavin Newsom, with the Supreme Court overturning Newsom’s ban on indoor services:
PJMEDIA – It got little coverage in the Mainstream Media, but the Supreme Court on Friday ruled 6-3 that Santa Clara County, California, officials cannot forbid churches in the Silicon Valley region from holding in-person worship services.
Chief Justice John Roberts joined with justices Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch in striking down Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Tier 1 ban on indoor worship services. The majority also singled out the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, noting that its “failure to grant relief was erroneous.”
Liberal justice Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.
Newsom’s order did not bar people from shopping at Big Box stories like Walmart, Costco and Safeway, or liquor stores and multiple other businesses.
According to Free Beacon, the ruling was based on prior rulings by the high court that embodied this principle: religious services cannot be treated differently than secular essential services.
That has been the crux of the matter for so many, especially when the pandemic was just getting started. Everyone can still go to grocery stores but can’t go to church? This is why churches in my state won a victory early on in the pandemic and have been holding services ever since.
This case originated from churches in Santa Clara County, who reportedly tried to pull a fast one on the Supreme Court:
Interestingly, Santa Clara County officials appeared to try to pull a fast one on the justices, but they didn’t take the bait, according to Liberty Counsel:
“Santa Clara County initially urged the justices to leave the ban on indoor worship services in place. On Thursday, the county told the court that, because COVID-19 rates continue to fall there, it would allow indoor worship services and other prohibited indoor gatherings to resume with capacity limits.
“That change could take effect as soon as Wednesday. However, the High Court did not wait to see whether the county would in fact lift its restrictions. In an unsigned order on Friday night, the justices granted the churches’ request to stop the restrictions on hold while their appeals continue.”
While this didn’t get much, if any coverage by the MSM, I’m sure it got reported in California and hopefully this will add fuel to the movement to recall Newsom.