{"id":224148,"date":"2020-05-23T09:23:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T14:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=224148"},"modified":"2020-05-23T03:21:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T08:21:15","slug":"president-trump-abortion-businesses-houses-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/president-trump-abortion-businesses-houses-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump: If abortion businesses can be called ‘essential,’ so can houses of worship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a recent press conference, <\/span>President Donald Trump<\/span><\/a> revealed he plans to override orders from several state governors that have forced places of worship to close during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Trump announced that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will release guidance classifying communities of faith as \u201cessential.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Across the country, <\/span>churches<\/span><\/a> have been fighting for their right to resume services while abortion facilities, liquor stores, and other businesses have been allowed to continue operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSome governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential, but have left out churches and other houses of worship <\/span>\u2060<\/span>\u2014 that\u2019s not right,\u201d <\/span>said<\/span><\/a> Trump. \u201cSo I\u2019m correcting this injustice and calling houses of worship essential.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Continuing, the president <\/span>affirmed<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThese are places that hold our society together and keep our people united. The people are demanding to go to church and synagogue, go to their mosque.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While judges in places like <\/span>Oregon<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Kansas<\/span><\/a> have ruled against governors\u2019 restrictions on worship services so long as these institutions abide by social distancing requirements, other states have continued to enforce strict regulations against the religious rights of citizens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Thomas More Society recently filed an <\/span>injunction<\/span><\/a> on behalf of the South Bay United Pentecostal Church with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. An <\/span>initial request<\/span><\/a> made by the church to open their doors for in-person services was denied by a federal judge in San Diego. Judge Cynthia Bashant dismissed the church\u2019s argument that placing them under Stage 3 of Californian\u2019s reopening plan suppressed citizen\u2019s religious freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n

Special counsel for the Thomas More Society, Charles LiMandri, <\/span>stated<\/span><\/a> that \u201cCalifornia is one of only eight states whose response to the COVID-19 pandemic has included no accommodation for \u2013 hardly even a mention of \u2013 the religious rights of its citizens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While California <\/span>Governor Gavin Newsom<\/span><\/a> applied restrictions to churches supposedly to preserve lives and slow the spread of COVID-19, Newsom allowed elective abortions to continue. Not only does an\u00a0<\/span>abortion<\/span><\/a> violently take the life of another human being, but patients risk being exposed to COVID-19 if they have to be treated for <\/span>abortion complications<\/span><\/a> at hospitals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Woman injured at Florida Planned Parenthood amidst COVID-19 crisis<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

California is not the only state to treat abortion as an essential service while reducing the operational capacities of religious institutions. Minnesota <\/span>Governor Tim Walz<\/span><\/a> included abortion in the state\u2019s emergency plan, but church gatherings were severely restricted under an <\/span>executive order<\/span><\/a> from Walz\u2019s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As if signing one of the most <\/span>radical abortion bills<\/span><\/a> in the country into law wasn\u2019t bad enough, <\/span>Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker<\/span><\/a>\u00a0also listed abortion as an \u201cessential health service\u201d during COVID-19. Though <\/span>Pritzker<\/span><\/a> has allowed people to gather at abortion facilities, he has been hesitant to open churches, saying he fears people could \u201cget ill.\u201d\u00a0 Several churches have also been forced to pay large fines for attempting to resume worship services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prioritizing public safety is crucial, but governors cannot fairly impose restrictions on religious gatherings while allowing abortion businesses to remain open and take more lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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