Three southern California churches who want to remain open amid the coronavirus pandemic filed a lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials on Monday, arguing that stay-at-home orders violate their First Amendment right to freedom of religion and assembly.
The Center for American Liberty, a conservative non-profit, filed the lawsuit in the federal court for the Central District of California on behalf of three pastors and one parishioner in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, east of Los Angeles. Attorney General Xavier Becerra and officials of San Bernardino and Riverside counties are also named as defendants.
The center was founded in 2019 by Dhillon, who is on the Republican National Committee that helps steer the party’s platform and election strategy. Also named are a parishioner and the head pastor of Shield of Faith Family Church in Fontana and the senior pastor of Word of Life Ministries International in Riverside, which usually has 20 to 30 regular attendees, according to the suit.Only a select few churches in California have refused to stop holding in-person services. The largest Roman Catholic dioceses have begun streaming services online.
Last week, a federal judge refused to allow a small church in Campo, Abiding Place Ministries, to gather for Easter Sunday services, rejecting a request for a temporary restraining order sought by the church, which has sued San Diego County for banning public or private gatherings on public health grounds.
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