The Whole Truth With Jill Rosensweig

In this episode of the podcast, Attorney Rosensweig discusses a lawsuit that was filed by 3 pastors and one church congregant against California Governor, Gavin Newsom, and various other government leaders, in which they are claiming that by not including in-person church services on the essential services list, the government is violating their 1st amendment rights.  They are claiming that, even though the shelter-at-home orders do include virtual faith-based services as essential, by not allowing them to place hands on their congregants, perform baptisms and congregate in person, their right to freely exercise their religion is being violated.  Are these stay-at-home orders unfairly targeting religion or are the laws neutral in that they are aiming to shut down all activities that are not essential?  What about the fact that coffee shops and marijuana dispensaries are open? Does this support the claim that churches are being unfairly targeted?  Conversely, does the fact that schools are closed demonstrate t