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25 churches across New York State filed a lawsuit over the state’s new gun laws which prohibit concealed weapons from being carried in certain “sensitive locations” which include places of worship. According to the lawsuit filed by the churches and group New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedoms, legal gun owners should be allowed to carry their…

Earlier this week, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and over two dozen churches filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the so-called Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA), a New York gun control law passed in July 2022, violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. In a different lawsuit, Judge Glenn T. Suddaby of the…

A federal judge in Syracuse has taken the first steps to invalidate key parts of the recently-passed Concealed Carry Improvement Act. In a decision issued Thursday, Federal Judge Glenn T. Suddaby of the Northern District of New York, based in Syracuse, issued a temporary restraining order, preventing the enforcement of certain aspects of the law.…

Churches in Genesee, Livingston and Orleans counties are among 25 churches that filed a federal lawsuit against a state law banning firearms in churches and other houses of worship. The lawsuit claims the state’s July gun control law violates the Second Amendment. Three pastors from local churches joined the suit: Tim Lindsay of Harvest Christian…

This federal lawsuit against the state police superintendent and county district attorneys was filed on behalf of 25 churches in Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, and Cattaraugus counties and other churches elsewhere around the state. It was coordinated through a Rochester-based group called New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms.  They contend many houses of worship, at the request…

This comes after Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers approved a law to limit where guns can be carried, including houses of worship.  More than two dozen churches across the state and a Rochester-based non-profit Christian conservative political advocacy group filed this federal lawsuit and they said they want the right to be able to…

Last evening, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and 25 churches from 20 different counties filed a federal lawsuit claiming that a New York gun control law passed in July 2022 violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Rev. Jason J. McGuire, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, made the following remarks:…

New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and 25 churches, from 20 different counties, filed a federal lawsuit claiming that a New York gun control law passed in July 2022 violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. From the Rev. Jason J. McGuire, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms: “Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Concealed…

More than two dozen churches and a socially conservative organization this week filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York’s restrictions on guns in sensitive areas.  The churches and the group, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, pointed to the rise in threats against houses of worship, arguing that such a ban violates their Second Amendment rights…

“In New York and California and other states, it’s like working under Newton’s third law of motion,” said evangelical Jason McGuire, who leads New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms. McGuire has worked for 16 years in the state legislature on stemming abortion laws, often the lone lobbyist on the issue alongside the New York Catholic Conference.…

“Opponents of abortion criticized the amendment. Jason McGuire, the executive director of the conservative New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, said in a Twitter post the amendment would ‘pit conscience protections for Pro Life doctors against a woman seeking a late-term abortion.’” “A constitutional amendment requires the approval of two separately elected sessions of the Legislature. So, if the…

“While some people News 12 spoke to are worried about how this ruling could impact access to birth control and LGBTQ+ rights, a pro-life advocate says he is proud of today’s decision.” “‘Naturally moms want to protect and provide for their children and so we want to make sure as a pro-life community we’re doing…

“Anti-abortion groups praised the court’s decision.” “Jason McGuire with New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, an evangelical Christian lobbying group, said he and his group ‘sometimes doubted that we would live to see the day when our prayers would be answered.’” “He said the court has ruled ‘correctly’ that there is no constitutional right to abortion.”…

“Advocates on the other side of the abortion debate, meanwhile, are also planning for the post-Roe world. Republicans running for statewide office have insisted current policy won’t change. But some advocates who oppose abortion signaled they will map out a national strategy.” “‘Today’s decision marks the beginning of a new stage of the pro-life movement…

“A pro-life advocate says he is proud of today’s decision.” “‘Naturally moms want to protect and provide for their children and so we want to make sure as a pro-life community we’re doing everything we can to help that mom feel empowered to choose life,’ said Jason McGuire, executive director of New Yorkers for Constitutional…

“Meanwhile, abortion opponents in New York and nationwide will be pressing to end abortion in the Empire State.” “‘We must keep fighting until the lives of unborn babies are fully protected in law, and the notion of abortion becomes so abhorrent that no mother would willfully choose it for her child,’ said Jason J. McGuire,…