In the US, Louisiana justices toss COVID-related charges against pastor
New Orleans, USAP The Louisiana Supreme Court threw out charges Friday against a pastor who flouted restrictions on gatherings early in the coronavirus pandemic, ruling five-to-two that the governor’s executive orders violated freedom of religion. “This is a tremendous win for religious civil liberties and it has vindicated us in our…battle with the Governor trying to close […]
In US, Louisiana court to hear pastor’s case against virus charges
New Orleans, USAP Louisiana’s Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear arguments in a pastor’s fight against criminal charges he faces for violations of pandemic gathering limits that were in effect last year. Tony Spell got national attention when he began to flout the state’s public health order in March 2020 at a time […]
In the US, a judge refuses to toss case against defiant Louisiana pastor
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USAP A judge has refused to toss out six criminal complaints filed against a Louisiana pastor charged with violating coronavirus gathering capacity rules put in place during the early days of the pandemic. Nineteenth Judicial District Judge Eboni Johnson-Rose on Monday dismissed pastor Tony Spell’s motion to have the case against him […]
Coronavirus in the US: Meet eight pastors who pushed to keep their churches open
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports…
Essay: How the war on Christmas became the war on Easter
Writing from the US, SHANE CLAIBORNE, activist, author and co-director of Red Letter Christians, addresses – in an article first published on Religion News Service – about perceptions among some evangelical Christians of a new religious freedom battlefront…