California, counties continue to settle with churches, paying out another $1.3 million

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https://news.yahoo.com/california-counties-continue-settle-churches-180000571.html

The state of California continues to settle with churches over restrictions it imposed on houses of worship during the year-long shutdown ordered by Gov. Gavin Newsom. In the latest round of settlements with three churches, the state and two counties are paying a total of $1.3 million in attorney’s fees.

The state and county of Los Angeles settled with Los Angeles-based Grace Community Church and its pastor, John MacArthur, agreeing to pay its attorneys from Thomas More Society $800,000 in fees and costs.

The settlements came months after state and federal courts in California issued permanent injunctions against the state, prohibiting it and any and all state or local agencies from imposing restrictions on houses of worship that were not applied to secular entities.

I'm not surprised since California put extra restrictions on church's that weren't put on any other entity.

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1. Not true

No extra restrictions were placed on church gatherings. They were subject to the same restrictions as secular gatherings.

The churches wanted to be exempt from restrictions secular institutions had to follow.

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2. The state got goofy with churches

If it hadn't, they wouldn't be paying out these settlements.

Even our typically liberal courts sided overwhelmingly with them on this issue. It wasn't even a question with them.

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3. That just isn't true

California shut churches down entirely, no matter what precautions they took they were shuttered.

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4. Considering how much of the world's problems comes from organized religion,

I wouldn't mind shutting them all down permanently. And not just in California