Judge refuses to shutter Ventura County church that has defied COVID-19 health order

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Ventura County judge refuses to close Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park and find its pastor in contempt of court for holding indoor services.

As many as 150 demonstrators gathered near Newbury Park’s Godspeak church, some supporting its defiance of a judge’s order, others denouncing the indoor services.

While outdoor or virtual services are permitted, Godspeak has held indoor services without masks or social distancing every Sunday since May 31. Health officials have repeatedly warned that large gatherings, particularly those held indoors, heighten the risk of spreading the coronavirus — which as of Tuesday had infected a total of 8,740Ventura County health authorities took Godspeak and McCoy to court last week, alleging that the church’s actions “will cause and continue to cause great and irreparable injury to the general public ...

 

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Great news!!

Could the judge be a Republican? Or just stupid?

This is why I'm going to have to stay home for another 5 months.

Common sense seems to be a lost consept these days.

If people get sick and die. The judge becomes a murderer period.

I can't believe people politicized a Response to a national disaster

A big win for the First Amendment.

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Excellent.

Anyone else think it's strange casinos, tabacco, alcohol entertainment are wide open but church and schools are not.

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