WASHINGTON, D.C., April 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The Presbyterian minister who filed a federal lawsuit after being denied permission to hold a Good Friday service at the U.S. Capitol has no plans to stop fighting.
Reverend Patrick Mahoney, an ordained minister in the Reformed Presbyterian Church, now aims to amend his original complaint and apply to hold a Pentecost prayer service at the same location in May.
He anticipates bringing the issue back before the federal courts.
“This is really quite a large case,” Mahoney said in a phone interview Wednesday. “It’ll have a major impact not just on D.C. but around the nation.”
On February 2, weeks after razor-wire fences and National Guard units were installed around the Capitol following the January 6 riot, Mahoney applied for a permit to hold his traditional Good Friday prayer vigil on the Lower Western Terrace of the U.S. Capitol.
The vigil has been an annual tradition for over three decades, including last year during the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.
However on March 24 of this year Mahoney’s request to hold the service was rejected.
So on March 30, the Center for American Liberty, led by CEO and attorney Harmeet Dhillon,
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