FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear warned churchgoers and others on Friday that if they attend an in-person Easter “mass gathering,” their license plate will be recorded and sent to local health departments, and a representative from the health department will then come to their door and advise that they will be required […]
HUMBLE, Texas — The Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas held a prayer gathering in a substation parking lot on Wednesday morning as they lifted up one of their own deputies who is in critical condition with COVID-19. Sgt. Raymond Scholwinski, who works in Precinct 2 in Humble, is currently in the intensive care […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than a dozen senators in South Carolina have signed on to an open letter to Gov. Henry McMaster, asking that he require abortion facilities in the state to close in light of his executive order halting “all elective and non-threatening surgical and medical procedures” in the midst of the global COVID-19 […]
(Fox News) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is suing the Republican-led panel of state lawmakers after it overturned this week’s executive order [limiting] gatherings in churches in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The state’s seven-member Legislative Coordinating Council, composed of House and Senate leaders, said the Democratic governor overstepped her authority […]
(The Roanoke Times) — A Russell County judge ruled against a southwest Virginia man’s request to allow more than 10 people to gather in church for Easter. Judge Michael Moore on Thursday denied retired teacher Larry Hughes’ appeal for a temporary injunction in a lawsuit filed earlier this week that claims executive orders from Gov. […]
GREENVILLE, Miss. — Police in Mississippi ticketed more than 20 Christians on Wednesday evening who were sitting in their vehicles listening to a sermon from their pastor. The crackdown occurred as the mayor and city council of Greenville have issued an executive order banning in-person church services, including drive-in gatherings where attendees simply stay in […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — The governor of Iowa has declared Thursday a Day of Prayer in the state, as she called upon residents to take time to pray for those affected by the novel coronavirus and that God would use the people to serve others in a time of need. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the […]
(The Christian Institute) — A Christian minister is suing a Belfast hotel after it ordered him to halt a public meeting in support of [biblical] marriage. Hotel staff interrupted the event, attended by more than 50 members of the public, and told Harry Coulter to finish immediately. Coulter told The Christian Institute, who is supporting […]
BOSTON — A French-born woman who lives in Massachusetts has lost her appeal effort to have the phrase “so help me God” removed from the United States naturalization oath, as the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that its inclusion is not unconstitutional. “[W]e hold that, under the most recent framework used to evaluate […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has sent a letter to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to assert that she violated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution by recently promoting Christianity during a coronavirus press conference. On April 3, Ivey held a press conference in which she advised that she was […]