Illinois Right to Life sues over ban on gatherings – Liberty Justice Center

“The governor has said it’s ok for some organizations to gather, to fundraise and to rally support around their cause but everyone else faces the threat of police enforcement or being shut down,” said Mary Kate Knorr, executive director of Illinois Right to Life. “Our request is simple: Equal treatment under the law."
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Mike
3 years ago

PDF page 23 of 32 in the LJC June 23, 2020 case filings document contains another picture of JB Pritzker participating in another rally, this one on Monday June 8, 2020. Again Governor Pritzker is not practicing social distancing, and once again he is marching in the front row of a rally, this time holding a banner. It was the March for Justice and Love Our Neighbor rally sponsored by the Victory Apostle Church in Matteson. “#GeorgeFloyd” also appears on the banner held by JB Pritzker. The June 8, 2020 Chicago Sun-Times article titled, “At rally in south suburbs, governor… Read more »

Mike
3 years ago

The picture in the LJC press release is worth 1,000 words.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and Illinois US Senator Tammy Duckworth, photographed walking in the front row at the June 19, 2020 rally (Juneteenth Freedom Day) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/06/19/chicagoans-call-for-racial-equality-in-juneteenth-march

Putting hard working, every day ordinary Illinois citizens of all colors, sexual orientations, and political affiliations unnecessarily at risk while discriminating against others via Governor Executive Orders.

It’s illegal to have more than 10 gather in a church, but a large political rally is legal.

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