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AG: Even in Times of Emergency, 1st Amendment Bans Discrimination Against Churches
By Melanie Arter | April 15, 2020 | 4:45pm EDT

 

(CNSNews.com) - The Justice Department on Tuesday sided with a Mississippi church against the mayor of Greenville for fining churchgoers who attended drive-in services during Holy Week.

According to the complaint filed on behalf of Temple Baptist Church by the Alliance Defending Freedom, eight uniformed officers were sent to “bust up” the church’s “lightly attended ‘drive-in’ church service.”

https://cnsnews.com/article/national/melanie-arter/ag-even-times-emergency-1st-amendment-bans-discrimination-against