Trump Justice Department warns California that coronavirus rules may violate religious freedoms
The letter from the Justice Department’s civil rights division to Gov. Gavin Newsom listed several objections both to the original order and the plan to slowly reopen the economy.
Federal officials also criticized the reopening plan for allowing restaurants, shopping malls, offices and manufacturing facilities to open under Phase 2 while religious institutions could not reopen for in-person services until Phase 3, which would occur later.“We believe that the Constitution calls for California to do more to accommodate religious worship, including in Stage 2 of the reopening plan,” Kerri Kupec, director of communications for Atty. Gen. William Barr, said on Twitter.
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