By the Daily Post staff
Once again, indoor church services are banned in Santa Clara County.
The county had originally banned indoor church services to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The county contends that its ban is neutral in that it bans all indoor gatherings. However, it allows people to shop indoors at places like Costco, Home Depot or Safeway.
On Friday night, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Southern California case that the state should allow the partial reopening of churches. A federal judge in San Jose, Edward Davila, granted the request of several Santa Clara County churches to temporarily allow indoor services at 20% capacity.
On Monday, Santa Clara County officials asked Davila to reconsider his decision, saying the county had imposed across-the-board rules on gatherings while the Supreme Court case dealt with specific rules for worship.
On Wednesday night, Davila temporarily suspended his Monday order that required the County to allow indoor worship services, concluding that the county’s prohibition on all indoor gatherings — including indoor worship services — can remain in place for the time being. The court will make a final decision on this issue after further briefing and a hearing before the court.
The ruling came in a case where a number of churches — Gateway City Church, The Home Church, The Spectrum Church, Orchard Community Church, Trinity Bible Church — were seeking a halt to the county’s ban on church services.
This ban is unConstitutional and will not withstand appellate review…
The Freedom of Religion needs to be protected in the Constitution! We need an amendment that says it’s protected!
Pretty sure that if the pagans were to open a house of worship, Dr. Cody would be OK with them holding services.
The last thing county wants is for people to gather indoors, possibly maskless, and prove there is no additional risk of spread. County and Cody went down this rabbit hole from 15 days to flatten the curve to day 335 now, and they’re not about to allow others exposing the b.s. and fraud of lockdowns and masks. Better that that the mindless sheep conform for the government.