DOJ Counters Greenville’s Shutdown of Drive-In Church Services, Vows to ‘Ensure Religious Freedom Remains Protected’

DOJ Counters Greenville’s Shutdown of Drive-In Church Services, Vows to ‘Ensure Religious Freedom Remains Protected’

 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a Statement of Interest in a lawsuit against the City of Greenville, Mississippi, expressing support for the allowance of drive-in church services in the midst of the coronavirus crisis and opining that the City appeared to “target religious conduct.” “[E]ven in times of emergency, […]

WWE Back After Florida Adds Televised Professional Sports to List of ‘Essential Services’

WWE Back After Florida Adds Televised Professional Sports to List of ‘Essential Services’

(Microsoft News/CNN) — Professional sports in Florida are getting the green light to resume production after the Florida [Division of Emergency Management] deemed them “essential services.” This is being added to the same list that includes services such as grocery stores, hospitals, banks, utility companies and restaurants. The order that was signed on Thursday states […]

Mich. Gov. Allows Free Speech Under Stay-at-Home Order Following Lawsuit by Christian Cited by Police

Mich. Gov. Allows Free Speech Under Stay-at-Home Order Following Lawsuit by Christian Cited by Police

LANSING, Mich. — Following a lawsuit from a man who was ticketed for engaging in pro-life outreach outside a Detroit abortion facility, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has posted a notice on her website advising that her stay-at-home order does not prohibit outdoor First Amendment expression. “Does Executive Order 2020-42 prohibit persons from engaging in outdoor […]

Planned Parenthood, Others Appeal Texas’ Halt on Abortion During Coronavirus Crisis to Supreme Court

Planned Parenthood, Others Appeal Texas’ Halt on Abortion During Coronavirus Crisis to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood and other abortion groups have appealed a ruling upholding Texas’ temporary halt on most abortions in the state, arguing to the U.S. Supreme Court that it places more of a burden on mothers and medical facilities for babies to be aborted later or delivered than […]

Ky. Troopers Carry Out Gov. Beshear’s Order to Record License Plates, Place Notices on Churchgoers’ Windshields

Ky. Troopers Carry Out Gov. Beshear’s Order to Record License Plates, Place Notices on Churchgoers’ Windshields

HILLVIEW, Ky. (Louisville Courier Journal/USA Today) — As hymns sang out Easter Sunday from a large outdoor speaker overlooking the Maryville Baptist Church parking lot, two Kentucky State troopers placed quarantine notices on parishioners’ cars and wrote down their license numbers. Inside the church, roughly 50 worshipers ignored Gov. Andy Beshear’s order against mass gatherings during the […]

Ky. Gov. on Easter Services: ‘We Are Going to Record License Plates … Come to Your Door With Order to Be Quarantined’

Ky. Gov. on Easter Services: ‘We Are Going to Record License Plates … Come to Your Door With Order to Be Quarantined’

 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 […]

SC Senators Call for Gov. McMaster to Order Abortion Facilities Closed During Coronavirus Crisis

SC Senators Call for Gov. McMaster to Order Abortion Facilities Closed During Coronavirus Crisis

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 […]

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