Two northern Macomb County women remained in jail Friday after they were arrested for blocking the entrances of public buildings while praying.
Brittany Jordan, 25 of Washington Township, and Rachel Jacob, 27 of Ray Township were jailed on $5,000 bond Monday after they defied an order by Shelby Township District Court Magistrate Michael Osaer to stop blocking access to public buildings while engaging in prayer.
The two women were ticketed for disorderly conduct on Sunday, Dec. 4 after they fell to the floor and began praying in the entrance of a building that houses both a McDonald’s and a BP gas station in Shelby Township.
“We got a call from the employees of the McDonald’s,” Shelby Township Police Chief Robert Lehman said. “When the officers got there, the two ladies said that God had told them to lay there. The employees told us the ladies were praying for more than three hours.”
In the video, the judge asked her, “Does God ever tell you to pray somewhere that doesn’t require blocking a door?” One of them replied, “I never know what He’s going to ask me to do.”
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