Following the The Daily Citizen’s April 6 article about Greensboro, N.C., police arresting pro-life sidewalk counselors for allegedly violating a county coronavirus emergency proclamation and stay-at-home order, the city has doubled down on its position. It now claims that it is entitled to silence all free speech activities, even if the participants are following the social distancing guidelines in the county’s proclamation.

That response from the city has now prompted a federal lawsuit by the pro-life group whose members were arrested.

Due to concerns over the coronavirus, and how in-person voting may adversely affect the public health, many states are now considering moving to a vote-by-mail system for the November general election and beyond. This has raised fresh concerns over election security, and how an all vote-by-mail system may be disposed to fraud and abuse.

Vote.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Americans vote, notes that five states already hold elections by mail-in-ballots. Additionally, 28 states and the District of Columbia offer absentee voting available upon request for any reason, and the last 17 states provide absentee voting, provided the voter has a legitimate reason.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam had a busy Easter Week, signing laws that threaten life, free speech, religious freedom and parental rights.

On Monday of Holy Week, the governor signed a ban on counseling for minors struggling with homosexuality or sexual identity issues. The law means that a fourteen-year-old boy who struggles with same-sex thoughts and fantasies, but who believes what the Bible says about God’s design for sexuality, may not talk to a counselor about how to live according to that design. Such prohibitions threaten the free speech and religious freedom of counselors and their clients. The law also undermines parental rights, as it prevents parents from seeking therapy to help gender dysphoric children to accept their bodily maleness or femaleness.