Hedgerow by Bethany Blankley April 22, 2020
Group sues Harris County judge over violation of First Amendment right to worship and peaceably assemble
The CEO of a Texas hospital company and a conservative group is filing suit seeking to overturn a district judge’s order banning church services in the state.
Dr. Steven Hotze filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the State District Court in Harris County requesting that Judge Lina Hidalgo’s order banning church services be declared unconstitutional and unenforceable.
Hotze is chief executive officer of Hotze Health & Wellness Center and also CEO of Conservative Republicans of Texas. Joining him as plaintiffs are U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, Pastor Juan Bustamante, City on a Hill Church, Pastor George Garcia, Power of Love Church, Pastor David Valdez, World Faith Center of Houston Church and Pastor John Greiner of Glorious Way Church.
Jared Woodfill, of Woodfill Law Firm, is representing them.
“The First Amendment guarantees our God-given unalienable rights to worship and to peaceably assemble,†Hotze said in a prepared statement. “Neither of these rights are contingent upon our health status. These rights have been abrogated in many states, counties and cities across the nation.â€
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https://www.patheos.com/blogs/hedgerow/2020/04/group-sues-harris-county-judge-over-violation-of-first-amendment-right-to-worship-and-peaceably-assemble/
