DOJ intervenes in Mississippi drive-in church case, says city's actions 'target religious conduct'

[Guard Dad]

Good! The authorities were waaaaay out of line.

DOJ intervenes in Mississippi drive-in church case, says city's actions 'target religious conduct'

The Justice Department intervened in a Mississippi church’s lawsuit by saying in a court filing that it "strongly suggests that the city’s actions target religious conduct" after the church sued police for ticketing congregants during a drive-in service amid coronavirus, Fox News has learned.

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[Far West]

good

 

[lotstodo]

DOJ is absolutely correct. If you can park at Walmart you can park at church. The government may not restrict the exercise of religion in a manner that other activities are not restricted even in a pandemic.

 

[Guard Dad]

DOJ is absolutely correct. If you can park at Walmart you can park at church. The government may not restrict the exercise of religion in a manner that other activities are not restricted even in a pandemic.

I read that on one of these cases, there was a Sonic down the street that was conducting drive-in service, yet the church was not allowed to.

 

[lotstodo]

I read that on one of these cases, there was a Sonic down the street that was conducting drive-in service, yet the church was not allowed to.

I don't doubt it. Unfortunately, a lot of people are letting their bored kids play together at drive in church. but that doesn't give the government the right to ban it. They could write tickets to the kid's parents, but then they would have to actually confront the parishioners. You can't ban something just because someone "might" break the law unless you ban it in every instance.

 

[The Sound Guy]

Let's face it, for the non-churched, church is not "Essential" It's an anti religious bias.

However, I don't see any Muslim churches getting closed by force. Just sayin' .

 

[Guard Dad]

I don't doubt it. Unfortunately, a lot of people are letting their bored kids play together at drive in church. but that doesn't give the government the right to ban it. They could write tickets to the kid's parents, but then they would have to actually confront the parishioners. You can't ban something just because someone "might" break the law unless you ban it in every instance.

One of the reasons my church scrapped the drive in church idea for now was that the kids wouldn't understand why they couldn't get out of the cars and play with their friends.

This has been very hard on children.