Churches and other religious groups are contending for their religious rights across the northeast in resuming in-person gatherings.
CBN News reported that Gov. Phil Murphy is facing a federal religious liberty lawsuit by the Thomas More Society – a conservative-leaning law-firm – after a Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest felt that their religious rights were violated following Murphy’s COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.
On Tuesday, according to the Thomas Moore Society, Murphy indicated that he would be lifting the stay at home order in New Jersey but would maintain restrictions that limit indoor gatherings to 25 percent of a building’s capacity or 50 people total.
“With his stay-home orders, Governor Murphy ripped away the Constitutional rights of the people of New Jersey,” said Thomas More Society Special Counsel Christopher Ferrara. “With his latest edict, he is deigning to restore them one drip at a time, as with an eyedropper.”
“Governors may not be allowed to act like petty tyrants – they must be held accountable.” Ferrera continued. “Our lawsuit seeks to be the catalyst that will end New Jersey’s experiment in absolute monarchy.”
In Massachusetts, the mayor of Somerville, MA, Joseph Curtatone, was given a letter by First Liberty Institute and the Massachusetts Family Institute on behalf of several churches in Somerville who plan to reopen this Sunday.
The letter noted that…
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