Catholic priests, Jewish congregants sue Cuomo, de Blasio and NY Attorney General over worship double standard

Catholic priests and Jewish congregants filed a lawsuit against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo [CNN's Chris Cuomo's older brother and member of their comedy team] along with New York City Mayor, Comrade Bill de Blasio [aka Warren Wilhelm] over an alleged double standard on worship and protests during pandemic restrictions. In other words, these political clowns forbade religious practice in houses of worship, but allowed leftist protesters to congregate en masse in protests and riots in the city.

Two Catholic priests from upstate New York and three Orthodox Jewish congregants from Brooklyn filed lawsuit June 10 against leftists Cuomo, de Blasio, and Attorney General Letitia James in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

“It is time to end New York’s experiment in absolute monarchy,” said Thomas More Society Special Counsel Christopher Ferrara in a statement.  “We are asking the court to put an end to these unconstitutional executive orders and their prejudicial enforcement.” [H/T: Daily Caller]

The Thomas More Society’s complaint lists a number of alleged abuses of power, accusing the defendants of exploiting the pandemic to create “a veritable dictatorship” through Cuomo’s executive orders, of selectively enforcing social distancing through fines and punishments, and much more. It's an illuminating read and I highly recommend you read it.

The lawsuit accuses and illustrates how Cuomo, de Blasio, and James infringed on freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, expressive association, and due process.

Senior Judge Gary L. Sharpe has ordered the defendants to file a response by noon on June 15, or two days as of this post.

“These orders, both the emergency stay-home and reopening plan declarations, clearly discriminate against houses of worship,” Ferrara said. “They are illegally content based, elaborate, arbitrary and pseudo-scientific.”

Again, I urge you to read the first 40 or so pages of the complaint. It's a work of legal art and comes as these leftist idiots allow protests and riots to go on in New York City and upstate, while religious services remain restricted or banned altogether. It's unimaginable to think the five plaintiffs would lose based upon their constitutional rights.

“The governor and his agents, along with New York City’s mayor have employed favoritism and political platforms against people of faith,” Ferrara added. “Why is a large worship gathering deemed more dangerous than a mass protest, full of shouting, arm-waving people in close proximity to one another?”

De Blasio claimed Thursday that trips to a playground might be too risky for the spread of COVID-19, but wouldn't say the same about the protests.

The Thomas More Society said in a press release that only days after de Blasio was caught without a face mask at a political gathering in New York City — despite the requirement that all New Yorkers wear face masks and avoid gatherings of more than 10 people — police enforced the state’s ban on gatherings of more than 10 people and kicked a small group of Hasidic Jewish children out of a park.

De Blasio, an obvious anti-Semite and anti-America has also threatened the Jewish community over “illegal” religious gatherings, warning of arrests and prosecutions.


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