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His act of defiance puts him at the center of one of the sharpest church versus state divides in recent American history. Arrayed against him and a handful of other churches were Gov. Gavin Newsom, a disciple of government lockdowns for COVID-19, and other state and Riverside County officials. The battle over religious freedom eventually took Mr. Moffatt to the Supreme Court, where he and other church leaders prevailed. That outcome, however, was in grave doubt when he first decided to take a stand. “The orders began to trickle down through government, and we knew we had a decision to make,” Mr. Moffatt said. “As for what is ‘essential,’ obviously we think and believe churches are essential. This is something imperative to people of faith. We decided to stay open.”

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