Yesterday, Liberty Counsel asked the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an Emergency Injunction against IL Gov.  J.B. Pritzker to prevent the politicians from bulldozing the churches we represent or taking any further draconian actions against God's faithful. The Supreme Court has ordered Gov. Pritzker to respond by 8 pm tonight. Please pray the Supreme Court will deliver our churches from persecution!

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It's hard to recognize our country these days. Every week brings new reports of abuses against houses of worship led by elected politicians sworn to uphold, not destroy, the U.S. Constitution.  And make no mistake, any politician trying to impose their will upon churches is in direct violation of the First Amendment.

Saturday, the City of Chicago sent a formal warning to Elim Romanian Pentecostal and Logos Baptist Ministries declaring them to be a "public nuisance" for violating the governor's 10-person limit imposed on churches. The letter threatened "Summary Abatement," which in Illinois law includes destruction of the buildings.

The letter declared, "I have the power and duty" and "I am authorized to seek to enjoin such nuisance" and "I am exercising my authority to order the abatement of the public nuisance" including "Summary Abatement."

There is nothing wrong with the buildings. These thugs are opposed to the churches! Yet, Gov. Pritzker considers abortion clinics, liquors stores and scores of other non-religious gatherings to be "essential." But churches are last on his list for re-opening - at least 12 to 18 months out.

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The city first blocked off nine blocks of parking in the neighborhood and towed their cars, forcing the neighbors who didn't have their cars towed to walk for blocks in the freezing rain. But the churches do not use street parking. So, at least three police cars blocked the entrances to their private parking lots. Then the police charged the pastors with "Disorderly Conduct" for holding church. Now they are threatening to bulldoze their buildings.

The letter sent to the Romanian churches over the weekend is breathtaking! To declare these churches to be a 'public nuisance' for holding a service of more than ten people is reminiscent of Communist Romania, and not America. Our Romanian pastors are familiar with these heavy-handed government tactics but never imagined they would experience the same in the Land of the Free.

The Supreme Court has written that at a minimum, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment requires that neither the state nor the federal government may force anyone "to remain away from church against his will." But Gov. Pritzker apparently views himself above the law of the Constitution, so Liberty Counsel is asking the Supreme Court to stop him.

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Liberty Counsel has several federal lawsuits protecting churches in Kentucky, Virginia, Maine and Illinois from abusive anti-Christian, anti-Constitution governors. Additionally, we are working with thousands of pastors and churches around the country seeking help in defending their churches and parishioners from other local and state tyrants. Our attorneys and staff are working around the clock on these cases, each of which is designed to protect your freedom.

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LAST THING: As you know, Liberty Counsel is counseling, representing and/or defending thousands of pastors and churches nationwide as they try to navigate a myriad of constitutional abuses. We have several federal lawsuits filed on behalf of churches, including a lawsuit against Gov. Pritzker on behalf of Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and Logos Baptist Ministries.

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