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California District Court Crushes Statewide Permanent Injunction Against Coronavirus Restrictions
Black Christian News Network One

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Tuesday, a California District Court entered an order approving Liberty Counsel’s settlement of the lawsuit on behalf of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry against California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The full and final settlement was approved today the district court and thus is the first statewide permanent injunction in the country against COVID restrictions on churches and places of worship. Under the agreed statewide permanent injunction, all California churches may hold worship without discriminatory restrictions.

Under the settlement, California may no longer impose discriminatory restrictions upon houses of worship. The governor must also pay Liberty Counsel $1,350,000 to reimburse attorney’s fees and costs...

The timeline for actions regarding California’s worship restrictions include:

— March 19, 2020 – May 25, 2020: No Worship.

— May 26, 2020 – July 12, 2020: 25% capacity but no more than 100 people.

— July 13, 2020 – April 8, 2021: No worship for over 90% of California.

— April 9, 2021 – April 12, 2021: Restrictions on home Bible study lifted but not on singing and chanting.

— April 13, 2021 – May 9, 2021: Mandatory attendance limits are lifted.

— May 17, 2021 – and Forever: Discriminatory restrictions on churches permanently removed.

Under the settlement agreement, discriminatory restrictions on worship and religious gatherings may no longer be applied to churches and places of worship.