Op-Ed: Mike Huckabee: Here’s What COVID Cops Better Do if They Decide to Crash Church Services

An outrageous incident in which police barged in and interrupted a Good Friday service in a church because of COVID rules happened in the U.K., so it could be taken as yet another lesson on why it’s so important to protect our First Amendment (also why it was a great thing that our Founders fought a revolution to separate from Britain, which also gives us the blessed freedom not to have to listen to anything the royal family members say, hint hint.)

Canada has also given us some even closer examples of government tyranny over religious rights, such as jailing a pastor for refusing to restrict his church’s capacity to a ridiculous 15 percent, even though they were taking every possible safety precaution.

That pastor said there’s empirical evidence that the lockdowns were causing more harm than good, and explained, “I’m doing what I’m doing in obedience to Christ. I am quite content to let the Lord Jesus Christ himself decide whether or not this is persecution.

“He promises that those who are persecuted for his namesake will be blessed. He’s the one that blesses, and I’m content to leave that in His court.”

But he was downright meek compared to the pastor in this must-see video that went viral, racking up millions of views in just 48 hours.

When some cops enforcing strict COVID laws tried to interrupt the Passover service at Calgary’s Street Church in Alberta, Polish pastor Artur Pawłowski dealt with them much like the way Jesus dealt with the moneychangers.

He repeatedly called them Nazis and Gestapo and ordered them out until they actually backed down and left.

He shouted after them, “Nazis are not welcome here, out! And don’t come back without a warrant … Do not come back, you Nazi psychopaths! … Unbelievable, sick, evil people intimidating people in a church during the Passover, you Gestapo, Nazi, Communist fascists.”