Church leaders threaten legal action over closure
from The Conservative Woman:
A GROUP of 25 Christian leaders have written to the government asking for an urgent review of the lockdown measures that ban churches from opening. They warn that this ban is unlawful and threaten to seek a judicial review into the decision to keep doors locked. A report in Friday’s Telegraph points out that France’s Supreme Court has ruled that the French government’s absolute ban on religious gatherings in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus was unlawful, and has ordered the government there to relax restrictions on religious worship. This challenge is supported by Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre. Their full news release follows:
Church leaders urge government to reopen churches
High profile church leaders from some of the largest, fastest growing, and most diverse churches in the UK have written to the governmentseeking urgent review of lockdown measures that uniformly ban churches from opening.
The pre-action letter argues that blanket ‘lockdown’ restrictions imposed on all churches are both unlawful and unnecessary, asking the government to prioritise re-opening churches as part of the government’s ‘exit-strategy’.
The church leaders state that they are genuinely open to a constructive dialogue with the government. The letter warns that if the government fails to address the matters, the group will seek a judicial review of the ban.
Diverse and fastest growing churches
The signatories, many of whom lead churches in some of the most deprived communities in the UK, include:
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