‘Outrageous’: California Church Ordered To Pay Over A Million Dollars In COVID Fines

After failing to impose a county’s’s social seclusion and masking requirements, the church in California was ordered to pay over$ 1 million in COVID fines.

Calvary Chapel San Jose was ordered by Superior Court Judge Evette Pennypacker to paid$ 1.2 million in fines after it disobeyed Santa Clara County’s’s COVID restrictions, which the church claimed violated their right to religious freedom.

According to Pennypacker,” wearing a helmet while worshiping one’s’s lord and conversing with other parishioners should be obvious to everyone, regardless of religious affiliation, as it is an easy, subtle way to protect others while now exercising your right to religious freedom.” ” However, the accused constantly refused to enforce this movement, much less design it.” Alternatively, they constantly disregarded their refusal to abide by the Public Health Orders and exhorted others to do so” who cares what the price ,” including suicide.

According to religion attorney Mariah Gondeiro, the church may appeal the decision. She said,” We look forward to setting more law for lure that will have much greater ramifications for the future.”

For more information, The Daily Wire contacted the chapel.

The decision represents the most recent development in the county-church dispute, which started after the temple was fined starting in November 2020 and continued until June 2021 when it disobeyed region regulations and filed a federal court challenge. The chapel has to deal with punishments for wearing masks, avoiding social interaction, and hosting sizable crowds.

“I think about our government’s infringement on our liberties,”said Senior Pastor Mike McClure  on January 10, 2021. “We were played. This whole thing, it’s a lie. I mean, not that it’s not a disease. But they’re using it to take control and to stop you and I from worshiping God.”

The region asserted that the directives did not target religious institutions but rather public safety. According to Santa Clara County Counsel James R. Williams, it is the county’s’s responsibility to look after its owners and safeguard public health. ” Calvary’s’s claims have been disproved almost universally.” We are pleased that the Court when more rejected Calvary’s’s unsubstantiated cases.

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Court records indicate that the county does had violated civil rights by keeping an eye on the cell phone usage of attendees at the sizable, non-denominational evangelical church. According to The Mercury News, the township used” gps” to track the number of attendees at various church services.

When they should be concentrating on rebuilding the community, this region has spent an unconscionable amount of time and money surveillance and targeting this religion, according to Gondeiro.

According to courtroom records, the county sent spectators to or around the temple in 44 years between August 2020 and January 2021. The city had to pay about$ 219 per hour for this.

Stanford medical doctor Jay Bhattacharya deemed the decision to be” ridiculous.” ” Throughout the pandemic, California state courts have disregarded evidence-based medicine and violated the First Amendment’s’s right to freedom of worship.” This ridiculous punishment decision will undoubtedly be appealed by the church. He wished for a wiser determine to be found.