Churches hold indoor services despite public health order [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
Churches hold indoor services despite public health order [The San Diego Union-Tribune] The nation’s highest court decided Friday that California’s pandemic prohibition on indoor worship violates the Constitution’s protection of the free exercise of religion. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision granted an appeal by South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista, which challenged the state’s restrictions on church services, including its ban on singing and chanting. The split decision still allows California to cap attendance at indoor worship services at 25 percent of a buildi...