{"id":1979871,"date":"2023-07-21T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christians-arrested-for-maskless-outdoor-church-service-to-get-300000-from-liberal-college-town\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T18:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:32:42","slug":"christians-arrested-for-maskless-outdoor-church-service-to-get-300000-from-liberal-college-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christians-arrested-for-maskless-outdoor-church-service-to-get-300000-from-liberal-college-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians fined $300,000 for maskless outdoor church service in liberal college town."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristians-arrested-for-maskless-outdoor-church-service-to-get-300000-from-liberal-college-town%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Victory for Christians: \u2062Liberal College Town Pays \u2064$300,000 Settlement for\u200b Maskless Church Service<\/h2>\n<p>In a surprising turn of events, a liberal\u200d college\u200d town has announced that it will pay a substantial\u2063 $300,000 settlement to a group\u2063 of Christians in Idaho who were arrested for holding an outdoor church \u2063service \u2063without wearing masks\u2063 during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Moscow, Idaho, \u200dhome to the \u2063esteemed \u2062University of Idaho, \u200brecently made this announcement,\u200b bringing an end to the churchgoers&#8217; civil lawsuit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Somehow, every single City official involved overlooked the exclusionary language [of constitutionally protected behavior] in the Ordinance,&#8221; the judge wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Singing Protest Turns Controversial<\/h3>\n<p>The controversy began when three churchgoers \u200bfrom Christ \u200cChurch were arrested\u2062 in September\u2063 2020\u2063 during an outdoor\u200b &#8220;psalm sing&#8221; outside Moscow City Hall. The\u2064 peaceful protest,\u200d which lasted about 20 minutes, led to the arrest of Gabriel Rench and Sean \u2063and Rachel\u200b Bohnet.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the \u2063arrests quickly went viral on social media, \u2062capturing the attention of the nation. The\u200b video showed police officers confiscating Rench&#8217;s\u2063 hymnal, handcuffing him, and \u200btaking him and the other two individuals to the county jail, where they were detained for\u200b several hours.<\/p>\n<h3>Support from\u2064 an Unexpected Source<\/h3>\n<p>Even then-President Donald\u2063 Trump condemned\u2064 the arrests, taking to\u200c Twitter to express his\u200c disapproval. He\u2062 accused Democrats of wanting to permanently shut down churches, further fueling the controversy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s actually the city of Moscow that \u200cwas defying the \u200claw,&#8221; Rench said, according to Fox News.\u200d &#8220;I was obeying the law. \u200cThe political system doesn&#8217;t want\u200c to give away\u2064 their power, and they\u200c think if they admit\u200d they&#8217;re wrong, \u2062they look at that as like they&#8217;re losing their political power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Legal Battle Ensues<\/h3>\n<p>The three churchgoers were\u200c initially charged with violating the city&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christians-arrested-for-maskless-outdoor-church-service-to-get-300000-from-liberal-college-town\/\" title=\"Christians fined 0,000 for maskless outdoor church service in liberal college town.\">public\u200b health emergency ordinance<\/a>. However,\u2064 a judge dismissed the \u2063case against them, stating that the city&#8217;s pandemic ordinance had exceptions for constitutionally protected\u2062 activities, including religious services.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the dismissal, the \u200cthree individuals decided to pursue a \u200dcivil lawsuit against the city, alleging that their\u2063 First and Fourth Amendment\u2064 rights had been violated. A federal\u200b judge later denied the city&#8217;s request to dismiss the \u200blawsuit, emphasizing that the arrests should never have occurred \u200bin the first place.<\/p>\n<h3>A Troubling Trend<\/h3>\n<p>Gabriel Rench, one\u2064 of the arrested churchgoers, expressed\u200b his concern that Christians are being targeted by the government. He believes that this incident is part \u2063of a larger trend of increasing hostility\u2063 towards Christians.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s no\u2062 secret that portions\u2063 of our\u2062 government and political groups are now starting \u2062to target Christians in \u2063a way that has never really happened in America or Canada,&#8221; Rench told Fox \u2062News.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Living\u2063 in a conservative state but residing in a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-a-left-wing-citys-refusal-to-honor-veterans-day-reminds-us-that-patriotism-must-be-taught\/\" title=\"Pinkerton: A Left-Wing City\u2019s Refusal to Honor Veterans Day Reminds Us That Patriotism Must Be Taught\">liberal town<\/a>, Rench felt the impact\u2062 of this clash firsthand.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m in \u200da conservative state,\u200c but I live in a liberal town, and the liberals had\u200d no problem arresting me for \u200cpracticing my religious rights and my Constitutional \u200brights,&#8221; he \u2063said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Settlement and Closure<\/h3>\n<p>Ultimately, the \u200ccity of Moscow\u200c decided that a financial settlement was the best course of action\u200b to resolve the \u2062lawsuit and avoid a lengthy litigation process. The city&#8217;s liability insurance \u2062provider will pay the $300,000 settlement,\u2062 and all claims \u2064against the city and its employees will be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release, the city stated that the settlement brings closure to\u200d a matter\u2064 related to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-marshals-arrested-over-84000-fugitives-in-2021-up-more-than-200-from-2020\/\" title=\"US Marshals Arrested Over 84,000 Fugitives in 2021, Up More Than 200% From 2020\">unprecedented challenges posed<\/a> \u200bby the COVID-19 pandemic and the \u2062city&#8217;s efforts to protect the \u200cpublic\u200d during \u2062this exceptionally trying \u200dtime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow, Idaho, a liberal college town, agreed to pay $300,000 to a group of Christians from Idaho who were arrested for conducting an outdoor church service without masks during the pandemic. The city, located near the University of Idaho, announced the settlement in the churchgoers&#8217; civil lawsuit recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1979872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}