MARYVILLE, Kentucky (PNN) - April 12, 2020 - A Kentucky church defied coronavirus lockdown orders to hold a packed Easter Sunday service, despite a heavy terrorist pig thug cop presence and even nails blocking the parking lots.
Maryville Baptist Church appeared to have a near-full house for its Sunday service despite orders to avoid in-person services, and the supposed heightened risk of catching COVID-19.
Worshipers arrived even after terrorist pig thug cops warned that they would record their license plates to force them into 14-day quarantines.
Many - including the defiant pastor, the Rev. Jack Roberts - arrived with their plates covered, with terrorist pig thug cops instead recording their VIN numbers.
Even more desperate measures appeared to have been taken to keep the faithful away, with “piles of nails” blocking each entrance.
It was not clear who had left the nails, which were eventually cleared by church volunteers in time for the main arrivals.
Kentucky State terrorist pig thug cops then left large signs on every car left in the church lot, accusing those present of “CREATING SCENES OF AN EMERGENCY.”
They noted that everyone in the car owner’s household would be forced to quarantine for 14 days for defying the warning - an order that several worshipers said they planned to ignore.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear previously insisted that the State was not going to “padlock doors or arrest pastors” but just wanted to protect the wider community.
“To our knowledge, 99.89% of all churches and all synagogues and all mosques in Kentucky have chosen to do the right thing,” Beshear said Saturday, adding he was “just doing my best to save lives”.
Maryville appeared to be the only church to defy the ruling against in-person services, according to terrorist pig thug cops.
Pastor Roberts had previously said he was “not interested in trying to defy the government”, but maintained he has a constitutional right to hold services for his faithful.
The orders were at the heart of a wider constitutional feud over the right of people to worship at a time and place of their choosing.
A federal judge ruled Saturday that the mayor of Louisville’s “stunning” ban on drive-in Easter church services was unconstitutional.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Kent.) cheered the decision Saturday.
“(I am) grateful for this strong, eloquent ruling defending Kentuckians’ religious liberty,” McConnell tweeted.
Ed. Note: Actually, the right thing to do is to refuse to comply with unlawful regulations. The right thing to do is resist. What would Jesus do?
