Pasadena Threatens Church Attenders with 1 Year of Jail

Liberty Counsel, which is representing the church, says the restrictions by the state and the city violate the congregation’s constitutionally protected freedoms of religion, speech and assembly.

“The City of Pasadena, like Gov. Gavin Newsom, encourages thousands of people to gather for mass protests, but now consider in-person worship to be a criminal offense,” said Liberty Counsel founder and Chairman Mat Staver. “These actions of the City of Pasadena and Gov. Gavin Newsom are akin to repressive foreign regimes, not America where the First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion. The First Amendment erects a wall which the state may not breach to close churches and incarcerate pastors and parishioners.”