NY church launches suit against 'discriminatory' law banning guns in houses of worship but not secular sites

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First Liberty Institute and law firm Clement & Murphy filed a lawsuit on behalf of His Tabernacle Family Church over New York's ban on firearms in houses of worship.

Theologian and Fox News contributor Jonathan Morris weighs in on the religious pushback to coronavirus restrictions.in houses of worship which they allege discriminates against religious establishments and makes them vulnerable to outside violence.filed a lawsuit

on behalf of His Tabernacle Family Church, a nondenominational establishment in upstate New York, alleging the law infringes upon citizens' constitutional rights. "What our lawsuit is seeking is simply equal treatment, that if the state of New York is allowing the owners and managers of secular businesses to decide for themselves whether the patrons there can carry firearms. Religious leaders are entitled to that same respect and that same trust," Jordan Pratt, Senior Counsel at First Liberty Institute, told Fox News Digital on Monday.

Critics accuse the law of violating two Supreme Court rulings, one from 2020 which chided The Empire State for enactingAnother case from last year dealt a blow to the state's attempts to restrict firearm possession outside the home when justices decided on a landmark case and determined public carry

 

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