Supreme Court Blocks Colorado Governor’s Lockdown Orders Limiting Church Attendance, by Steven Ertelt

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews, Dec. 15, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – After striking down lockdown orders limiting church attendance in California and New York, the Supreme Court has struck down another order — this time in the state of Colorado.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a rural Colorado church challenging capacity limits instituted by the state’s pro-abortion Democratic Gov. Jared Polis. High Plains Harvest Church sought to block the restrictions, arguing that the state’s rules unlawfully targeted Christians and churches. The order limited attendance to 25% of a typical occupancy — which would prohibit all but a handful of people at small churches — and had an upper limit of 50 people.

In a brief unsigned order, the Supreme Court reversed lower court rulings that had refused to block the restrictions. Justice Elena Kagan, joined by fellow liberals Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, dissented from the court’s order.  …

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