Harmeet Dhillon tweet, TMZ and The Center for American Liberty report that some church pastors and members have filed a lawsuit regarding restrictions due to the California statewide stay at home order.
"The Center for American Liberty, in coordination with the Dhillon Law Group, filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and named county officials, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, for criminalizing the free exercise of religion."
"The suit comes days after the Center for American Liberty threatened County Supervisors with such a lawsuit. "
"Today’s suit, Gish v. Newsom, demands religious liberty beyond Easter Sunday. Among clients represented is Rev. James Moffatt, a pastor in Riverside County who was fined $1,000 for holding a Palm Sunday service."
“Criminalizing individual participation at a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other house of worship clearly violates the First Amendment,” said Harmeet K. Dhillon, Chief Executive Officer for the Center for American Liberty. “The state and localities have granted sweeping exceptions to the shutdown orders for favored businesses and professions, while specifically targeting people of faith and decreeing to religious institutions that it is ‘good enough’ that they be allowed to offer streaming video services. The state does not get to dictate the method of worship to the faithful.”
https://libertycenter.org/center-for-american-liberty-sues-gov-newsom-over-church-ban/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tmz.com/2020/04/13/governor-gavin-newsom-sued-church-leaders-lockdown-restrictions-coronavirus/
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