A Mississippi church is fighting back against the city of Greenville after authorities shut down its drive-in service.
According to Fox News, Temple Baptist Church in Greenville, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, is suing the city.
The Greenville Police Department has not commented.
The suit comes after Grenville Mayor Errick Simmons approved an executive order on April 7 that prohibits drive-in services until the state’s shelter-in-place is lifted.
Reports say eight Greenville police officers issued $500 tickets to congregants who refused to leave a parking lot where Temple Baptist Church was having a drive-in service last week.
“Government is clearly overstepping its authority when it singles out churches for punishment, especially in a ridiculous fashion like this,” said ADF senior counsel Ryan Tucker, director of the ADF Center for Christian Ministries. “In Greenville, you can be in your car at a drive-in restaurant, but you can’t be in your car at a drive-in church service. That’s not only nonsensical, it’s unconstitutional, too.”
Representatives from the Alliance Defending Freedom says church members stayed in their cars with their windows rolled up during the service. It was the third week the church had been conducting drive-in services.
Another church in Greenville, the King James Bible Baptist Church, also had their drive-in services…
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