With Barrett On Supreme Court, California’s Church COVID Limits Are Being Overturned Sunday, April 18, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
The Supreme Court said California can no longer continue with a ban on indoor church services put in place amid the pandemic.
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California’s churches are on a roll.
After more than a year of legal tussling with state public health officials over restrictions on indoor gatherings, houses of worship mostly evangelical or Catholic and politically conservative have been on a winning streak at the nation’s highest court.
Their latest victory came late last week when the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority put a hold on the state’s limits on indoor Bible study and other forms of worship. Most legal battles play out over years, and this was a preliminary decision; the ju
With Barrett On Supreme Court, California s Church COVID Limits Are Being Overturned
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Citing “recent judicial rulings” namely a weekend order by the U.S. Supreme Court California public health officials uncapped Covid limits on churches, mosques and synagogues.
In this April 10, 2020 file photo, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is seen empty without its congregation on Holy Friday, as Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, second from left, leads the nation’s Catholics in praying during a National Moment of Prayer in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, Pool)
(CN) Following a handful of Supreme Court decisions in favor of congregants challenging California’s Covid-19 restrictions on in-person services at places of worship, state public health officials this week lifted capacity limits from its reopening scheme.