Letters To The Editor
Shutting Down Churches
My husband, Judge Roy Moore, receives The New American and agrees wholeheartedly with your viewpoints. A recent article entitled “Pandemic Response Makes Liberty Sick in the States” (June 8 issue) reflects a position being litigated in a recent case that he has filed against the governor and various officials in Louisiana for their attempt to shut down Pastor Tony Spell and Life Tabernacle Church in Louisiana. The article was written by Steve Byas.
Because not many organizations for religious freedom take principled approaches to the deprivation of constitutional rights, Judge Moore thought that your organization would be interested in knowing that he and the Foundation for Moral Law, which represents Pastor Spell, have maintained the separation of powers, right of assembly, religious freedom, and separation of church and state as envisioned by our Founding Fathers. We have sued both in state and federal district court in Louisiana, and in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. We are preparing to request a hearing “en banc” on a preliminary denial of our request for injunctive relief.
We maintain that no authority has the right to stop church assembly and that the Louisiana governor and subordinate officials have acted in violation of both the U.S. and Louisiana Constitutions.
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