Author: By Debbie Kelley The Gazette
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Andrew Wommack Ministries conferences continue amid ongoing legal disputes
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Even if a 4th Judicial District Court judge agrees with state and local health departments that claim a religious organization in Teller County has not complied with pandemic-related public health orders and caused COVID-19 outbreaks, another large event at Andrew Wommack Ministries’ conference center in Woodland Park likely will go on as scheduled next week.…
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Cases mount: Religious rights lawsuits vs. COVID-19 restrictions
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Seven months into the coronavirus pandemic, religious organizations have been at the forefront of clashes over government-ordered restrictions on large gatherings aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 that they claim violate constitutional rights and discriminate against them. Locally, that has ranged from churches stating they aren’t following public health orders limiting indoor gatherings to…
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Woodland Park ministry drops challenge to Colorado’s pandemic limits on indoor gatherings
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A Woodland Park ministry that had challenged the state’s 175-person cap on indoor gatherings as a violation of its constitutional religious rights dropped its federal lawsuit Thursday. Teller County Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment responded by filing a new complaint in Teller County District Court asking for…
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VOICES OF THE VOTERS: THE RELIGIOUS VOTE | Historical allegiances could change in November election
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Want to know how someone might vote? Church attendance is a proven indicator of voting behavior, says professor Josh Dunn, director of the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. “We know religious affiliation can have a substantial effect on people’s political attitudes,” he said.…
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Court of Appeals orders Gov. Polis to respond to Andrew Wommack’s lawsuit on COVID-19 restrictions
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Gov. Jared Polis must respond to Andrew Wommack Ministries International emergency request for an injunction pending appeal by 5 p.m. Sunday, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Friday. The court’s order was issued about three hours after Wommack’s lawyers from Liberty Counsel, a conservative legal nonprofit based in Florida, filed the emergency motion to…
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Immediate access to mental health care among Colorado reforms Polis approves
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Instead of trying to figure out how to pay for mental health care before seeking treatment, Coloradans will be able to get immediate assistance under a plan Gov. Jared Polis approved Wednesday while a yet-to-be-created Behavioral Health Administration works out the finances. A one-stop shop concept with a single point of entry and regional care coordinators…
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Colorado Springs coronavirus survivors tell harrowing tales of fear, isolation — and lingering effects
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While learning how to be doctors, third-year medical students at the Colorado Springs branch of the University of Colorado School of Medicine also are delving deep into what it’s like to be patients. Specifically, COVID-19 patients. Thirty-three students are participating in a project to followup with the sickest COVID-19 patients — those who spent weeks…
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Latinos at Colorado Springs testing site say they face greater risks, lack health care
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COVID-19 continues to affect Latinos at a disproportionately higher rate than other ethnic groups statewide, a reflection of their vulnerability because of their jobs and unequal access to health care, advocates say. “We do see higher rates of infection than expected in our Hispanic and Latino community,” said El Paso County Public Health spokeswoman Michelle…
