The Kansas Supreme Court has voted to uphold an executive order by the governor limiting the size of church gatherings on Easter Sunday, ending a legal clash over public health and religious liberty.
by the state's governor limiting the size of church gatherings on Easter Sunday, ending a dramatic legal clash in which the court was asked amid a global pandemic to decide between public health and religious liberty.when she announced an order on Tuesday limiting religious gatherings in the state to 10 people.
"We agreed to expedite these proceedings due to the nature of the public health emergency all agree is present," the court said inPrior to Kelly's order, religious institutions in Kansas were exempt from the state's 10-person limit for social gatherings. But with the number of coronavirus cases in the state climbing, Kelly said she was forced to revise the guideline.
"As Holy Week gets underway – and with Kansas rapidly approaching its projected 'peak' infection rate in the coming weeks – the risk for a spike in COVID-19 cases through church gatherings is especially dangerous," the governor said inThe following day, Republican leaders on the state's Legislative Coordinating Council voted to revoke the order, calling it a violation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion and an example of executive overreach.
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