First Liberty Institute (https://firstliberty.org), a legal defense group who is committed to defending our Constitutionally guaranteed religious freedoms is working at the national level to protect our freedoms for churches and other religious organizations.

Toward that end they are asking pastors and other religious leaders to join them in signing a letter to be delivered to members of Congress later this week. First Liberty Institute describes the letter as follows: “We’re concerned that we may have some who threaten lawsuits against churches after they resume in-person church services.  So, the letter is designed to encourage Congress to consider protections in any upcoming relief legislation.  As we say in the letter:

“To avoid these unintended consequences, we propose that Congress include in the next CARES Act legislation immunity for religious organizations from negligence suits resulting from their serving the public or reopening in accordance with local orders. Such protection could be modeled generally after the COVID-19 laws and orders that limit liability for medical professionals and commercial entities that manufacture and sell protective equipment by establishing a gross negligence or willful misconduct standard. This simple, common sense solution will provide religious organizations desperately needed protection from simple negligence lawsuits.”

The letter can be reviewed by clicking on this link: FLI COVID-19 Guidelines Liability Letter.

Please consider this and pass it on to others.

The link provided by First Liberty for pastors and other religious leaders to sign the letter may be found by clicking here.