A Boca Raton-based pastor recently partnered with a religious rabbi to sue the current Florida state law about abortion. The retired pastor named Rev. Harris Riordan will file a case, along with two rabbis from different churches, another Unitarian minister, and a Buddhist church leader.
Reverend Riordan to Sue Florida
Reverend Riordan is the current minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton. As per the church website, the pastor has been with them since 1997, but she grew up in New York, wherein she was ordained and served various NY churches.
Reverend Riordan's name recently started to get famous. This was after 'progressive Florida rabbi' Barry Silver of the Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor in Palm Beach County told the press that she would join the rabbi's mission to sue the state for its current abortion law.
Although no official statements were coming from Reverend Riordan, her church in Boca Raton recently hosted one of Rabbi Silver's speeches on Thursday, July 28.
The event, 'The Interfaith Rally for Abortion Rights and Religious Freedom,' was conducted to help other faith leaders of all faiths and Florida locals understand Rabbi Silver's stand regarding abortion law.
According to NBC News on Aug. 9, aside from Rabbi Silver and Reverend Riordan, the plaintiffs are the founder and director of Shalom Center, Rabbi Arthur Wascow, Buddhist minister Maya Malay, and Rev. Tony Fisher of Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Naples in Florida.
Silver, who serves as the spokesperson for the group as a civil rights attorney, is challenging the current state abortion law in Florida over its alleged infringement of their freedom of religion, privacy rights, and many more.
Aside from church leaders, the lawsuit was also joined by a medical professional, obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Daniel N. Sacks, and an unnamed 42-year-old woman who claimed to have the right to abortion.
As reported, Silver already filed a lawsuit against the state in June, a month before the abortion law was fully implemented. Since then, the rabbi has continued to search for more people who will support his cause— which now has several church leaders, a doctor, and an individual.
Gov. Ron DeSantis as More Like Dictator Than Governor
The local church leaders in Florida are not just the only ones suing current Gov. Ron DeSantis for his signed abortion law. In the first week of August, the press took an interest in the quarrel between Tampa's appointed prosecutor, Andrew Warren, and the governor.
On Aug. 5, DeSantis suspended Warren for alleged neglect and incompetency. As per a CNN report, Warren was accused of these charges due to his recent statements that he will not persecute anyone who will seek and provide abortion access to people in Florida.
Governor DeSantis has the right to withdraw Warren from his position as the duly elected state attorney of Hillsborough County. So far, the position was reportedly taken over by Hillsborough County Circuit Court Judge Susan Lopez.
Minority Leader Sen. Lauren Book said on CNN that DeSantis has gone far from a governor and now turned into a dictator with how he currently behaves.
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