The government interferes with worship via silly crap

what a cheap shot, one would think the mayor would be more concerned about all the shootings and mayhem that occurred last night

From Second City Coppers

Sideways Anger

Groot is determined to ban churches from holding services, by hook or by crook. We're going to use most of the article seeing as how the statement by Rev. Cimpean is
instructive to say the least:

• CHICAGO (CBS) — People heading to Philadelphia Romanian Church in Ravenswood on Sunday might have a hard time finding a parking spot.
  
  Ald. Matt Martin (47th) said no-parking signs have been put up for several surrounding blocks near the church at 1713 W. Sunnyside Ave. The signs have been mounted on Sunnyside Avenue between Greenview and Ravenswood avenues, and Paulina Street between Lawrence and Berteau avenues, Martin’s office said.
  
  The parking ban is in effect from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, according to Martin’s office.
  
  Martin said the signs were put up at the direction of the Mayor’s office, in response to plans by the church to hold one or more religious services – in violation of the stay-at-home order for the coronavirus pandemic.
  
  The church’s pastor, the Rev. Florin T. Cimpean, took aim at Mayor Lori Lightfoot in response to the parking ban.
  
  “The police called me to inform us that they were asked by the mayor to put up the signs. It is completely ridiculous,” Cimpean said in the statement. “The mayor is inciting hate against the church which is very sad. A lot of our members risked their lives to escape Communism, only to find it germinating in 2020 under mayor Lightfoot in Chicago.”
  
  Cimpean continued: “We prayed for the mayor and the governor almost every evening since March 19. We will continue to pray for them. Yet, we are also aware of our constitutional rights. Their effort to intimidate us will make us stronger.”

We spoke with a couple of cops working over that direction, and there isn't a single notice of any special event taking place in that neighborhood. This is purely a political move by Groot in regard to a church daring to defy the government, and these parishioners specifically fled a government that restricted how, where and when they could worship. This is the cruelest of ironies and we certainly hope that any Chicago Police Officer or supervisor called to the scene takes a stand with the citizens.