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Sun Dec 27, 2020, 04:42 AM Dec 2020

Anti-maskers who cited Book of Mormon and Constitution drop suit against Utah Gov. Gary Herbert

A group of Utah parents who sued to end Gov. Gary Herbert’s executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic asked a judge to dismiss their case last week.

The plaintiffs had used the Book of Mormon, the Utah Constitution and the U.S. Constitution to argue that they hold the freedom to care for and manage their children, and that “government must not support any action in opposition to the desires of a parent.” After the original group of eight parents filed their lawsuit on Sept. 3, nearly three dozen other individuals also filed to intervene as plaintiffs.

Herbert had mandated masks for all K-12 schools in July, but a statewide mask mandate did not come until November.

The lawsuit also sought to nullify a number of other pandemic-related executive orders issued by the governor, including restrictions on gatherings and business operations. The parents named Herbert as well as the Utah Department of Health and its executive director as defendants, claiming the orders meant “Utah has experienced an unprecedented and unlawful suspension of their most sacred and fundamental rights.”

Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/12/25/anti-maskers-who-cited/

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