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Here's the full decision from Judge Walker permitting drive-in services for Easter at a Ky. church: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6835…
It begins with a deep dive on free exercise of religion in America: "On Holy Thursday, an American mayor criminalized the communal celebration of Easter."
It begins with a deep dive on free exercise of religion in America: "On Holy Thursday, an American mayor criminalized the communal celebration of Easter."
As for the question of drive-in church services, Walker writes: "With the limited record before the Court, it is unclear how a gathering of cars in a parking lot is a danger to public health." He notes that liquor store drive-throughs and parking lots are allowed to stay open.
Walker on the need for the Ky. churchgoers at issue to gather (albeit in cars) on Easter: "But for the men and women of On Fire, Christ’s sacrifice isn’t about the logic of this world. ... For them, for all believers, "it isn’t a matter of reason; finally, it’s a matter of love."
