A Florida pastor who believes in God-given rights was arrested on Monday. Rodney Howard-Browne held church services, and even had social distancing out of responsibility, but the Hillsborough County Sheriff arrested the pastor. At the services Howard-Browne said, “The Constitution is the Supreme law of the land,” for one justification to meet. People are outraged that government arrested a pastor for holding church services.

Liberty Counsel reported in a statement that: Pastor Howard-Browne and the church took extra precautions for the church meeting… including:

•  Enforced the six-foot distance between family groups in the auditorium as well as the overflow rooms;
•  All the staff wore gloves;
•  Every person who entered the church received hand sanitizer;
• In the farmer’s market and coffee shop in the lobby, the six-foot distance was enforced with the floor specifically marked (farmer’s markets and produce stands are expressly exempted);
• The church spent $100,000 on a hospital grade purification system set up throughout the church that provides continuous infectious microbial reduction (CIMR) that is rated to kill microbes, including those in the Coronavirus family. 

The positive news is people are turning to God. 2020 is declared Jesus is King year by Rev. Steven Andrew, who leads America Is On the Lord’s Side. The revival going on is where people agree with the founding fathers that Jesus is the USA’s judge, lawgiver and king (Isaiah 33:22). The Bible says this is how to heal our land and drain the swamp by restoring God’s favor.

Howard Browne mentioned how many businesses were still open.

Critics of the sheriff point to the founding fathers who established that our rights come from God, not government. Americans believe government can’t take away the rights of churches to meet.

Other concerns are the coronavirus corruption with the massive pork projects the Democrats put into the Stimulus bill. Democrats wanted to fund abortion to kill babies due to coronavirus, but President Trump and others stopped that. However, the Democrats still forced many immoral pork projects and wasteful spending against citizens and the nation.

Howard-Browne was released on $500 bail according to reports.

Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “The Hillsborough County administrative order has so many exceptions it looks like swiss cheese. The order allows a wide range of commercial operations that are either specifically exempt or exempt if they can comply with a six-foot separation. Yet, if the purpose of your meeting is religious, the county prohibits it with no exception for the six-foot separation. The problem with this administrative order is it was not reviewed by constitutional experts or vetted by a deliberative body. Neither the Constitution nor Florida law protecting churches and the free exercise of religion disappear. This order from Hillsborough County is not narrowly tailored to achieve its underlying objective.” 

Staver continued, “Not only did the church comply with the administrative order regarding six-foot distancing, it went above and beyond any other business to ensure the health and safety of the people. Contrary to Sheriff Chronister’s allegation that Pastor Howard-Browne was ‘reckless,” the actions of Hillsborough Country and the Hernando County Sheriff are discriminatory against religion and church gatherings.” 

Staver concluded, “I was shocked that Sheriff Chad Chronister held his press conference before the arrest was completed. I am astounded that Sheriff Chronister used his press conference to lecture about the Bible. This is entirely inappropriate for a government official to takes sides on religion.” 

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