Observer commentary: American pastors and Christians should pay attention to what is happening in Canada as they use Covid as an excuse to trample on religious freedom. It should be noted that there has not been a single reported Covid case among the congregation at this church. If they get by with this, it will happen again and again.
Paul Sacca, at The Blaze.com reports:
Hundreds of Canadian Christians gathered on Sunday at the GraceLife Church in Edmonton, Alberta. Government officials shut down the church for allegedly violating public COVID-19 health orders. Authorities erected a chain-link fence to prevent the house of worship from reopening last week. On Sunday, worshippers tore down the barricade, but were quickly met by a large contingent of riot police.
Alberta Health Services physically closed the GraceLife Church, preventing access to the building. AHS said the church would remain closed until the GraceLife Church "can demonstrate the ability to comply with Alberta's chief medical officer of health's restrictions." The Royal Canadian Mounted Police even closed off the access roads in front of the church to the public.
Approximately 400 people gathered outside the church on Sunday, according to the Edmonton Journal. The Christians were not able to get inside the church, so they sang hymns and listened to Bible readings outside the building.
Some of the people outside of the building began to tear down the fence, despite pleas from the crowd to "leave the fence alone!"
There were reports of 200 police officers in riot gear sent to disperse the crowd outside of the GraceLife Church.
The AHS claimed it had received 105 complaints from the public about the GraceLife Church between July 10 and April 6. The church was shut down in January for breaching public health guidelines that limit worship services to 15% of capacity. The church was also accused of not ensuring that people wore face masks during religious services and for not practicing proper physical distancing.
In February, GraceLife's Pastor James Coates was charged violating COVID-19 public health orders. Coates spent 35 days in custody before pleading guilty to a charge of breaching bail and was fined $1,500. He returned to the pulpit on March 28.
Coates' attorney, John Carpay, said the government's enforcement was excessive.
"I'm very disappointed to see this kind of draconian and aggressive enforcement of health orders when these health orders themselves are being challenged in court," Carpay told CBC News. "It shows a very aggressive government that is not answering questions about its policies, but wants to push its weight around and try and make an example out of GraceLife Church."
Original source, which contains multiple video clips: Video: Christians tear down fence around GraceLife Church - TheBlaze
Hat tip to Carole Gunn for sending us this link.
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