Trump/Barr DOJ warns California against disfavoring churches

[rangerrebew]

 
Posted on May 20, 2020 by Paul Mirengoff

Trump/Barr DOJ warns California against disfavoring churches

The Department of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney General Barr, has moved aggressively to make sure that state and local measures to contain the Wuhan coronavirus do not violate the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom. We discussed some of the DOJ’s actions here, here, and here.

Now, the New York Times reports that Justice Department has “warned California’s governor that his COVID-19 restrictions discriminate[] against places of worship by preventing them from meeting while businesses and film studios are allowed to carry on working.” The warning comes in a letter signed by my friend Eric Dreiband, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/05/trump-barr-doj-warns-california-against-disfavoring-churches.php

[PeteS in CA]

As "non-essential" retail stores and restaurants are allowed to open up with capacity and distancing restrictions, this could become a point of contention. If, for example, sit-down restaurants can open under restricted seating and related terms but churches are not, that is discriminatory.

[sneakypete]

As "non-essential" retail stores and restaurants are allowed to open up with capacity and distancing restrictions, this could become a point of contention. If, for example, sit-down restaurants can open under restricted seating and related terms but churches are not, that is discriminatory.

@PeteS in CA

Absolutely.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Surest way to stop them.  Keep hammering them on churches which people believe in.