Judge: City cannot prevent drive-in Easter service
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - APRIL 05: Worshipers pray during the drive-in service at On Fire Christian Church on April 05, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic limiting gatherings of people, churches have responded with alternate way
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A federal judge says Kentucky's largest city cannot halt a local church's drive-in service planned for Easter.
On Fire Christian Church had sued Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and the city after Fischer announced drive-in style religious gatherings were not allowed on Easter.
On Saturday, U.S. District Judge Justin Walker sided with the church, saying that the city is prohibited from "enforcing; attempting to enforce; threatening to enforce; or otherwise requiring compliance with any prohibition on drive-in church services at On Fire."
The ruling came as Republicans blasted Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's statewide plan to order people into quarantine if they attend mass gatherings, including religious ones.
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