A court in Spokane, Washington, dismissed charges against a pastor who was arrested by police when he went to his local library's "Drag Queen Story Hour" to pray for the parents and children attending.

Pastor Afshin Yaghtin was arrested June 15 for "questioning the police's favorable treatment of supporters and unfavorable treatment of anyone they perceived to be non-supportive and for refusing to move to the 'protester' zone after being denied entry into the library," according to the Pacific Justice Institute, which defended him in court. https://www.wnd.com/2019/12/pa....stor-clashes-drag-qu

A state raid on a Christian school in northern California by 16 California Highway Patrol officers, two canine units and 17 social workers happened when authorities were duped by an "internet rumor" that the school housed illegal drugs, stockpiled weapons, and was "preparing for an end-times apocalypse."

The arguments appeared to be making progress until they ran up against Shasta County Superior Court Judge Tamara Woods, who said the state's demand to close the school had First Amendment implications.