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'God Is Good': Texas Salon Owner, Sent to Jail for Defying COVID Lockdown Orders, Wins State House Primary

Cortney Weil : Mar 11, 2024  The Blaze

[TheBlaze.com] ...In 2020, Shelley Luther made national headlines after she was arrested and sentenced to spend a week in jail for criminal contempt of court after she reopened her Dallas hair salon in defiance of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's stay-at-home orders. Dallas County Judge Eric Moye offered her the chance to avoid jail time as long as she paid thousands of dollars in fines, shut down her salon once again, and formally apologized for her "selfish" actions. "I have hairstylists that are going hungry because they would rather feed their kids," she told Judge Moye. "So, sir, if you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead with your decision. But I am not going to shut the salon." Luther did serve at least one day in jail though she was released early, and Abbott eventually modified his executive orders so that no one else could be imprisoned for disobeying them... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via The Blaze)







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