U.S. Justice Department sides with church in COVID-19 religious dispute

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday weighed in on the potential imposition on religious rights caused by COVID-19 state shutdown orders, siding with a Mississippi church that sued the city of Greenville. Department lawyers filed a statement of interest in support of Temple Baptist Church, which claims Greenville is seeking to prevent it from holding drive-in church services that comply with social distancing guidelines. Greenville has since said it will not seek to collect the penalties, the Justice Department noted.

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