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https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/30/politics/supreme-court-california-church-coronavirus/index.html

Supreme Court rejects request from California church to block restrictions on in

2020-05-30 00:00:00, Ariane de Vogue, CNN

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South Bay United Pentecostal Church, represented by the Thomas More Society, challenged California's policy reopening churches but limiting services to 25% capacity or a maximum of 100 people.

"Similar or more severe restrictions apply to comparable secular gatherings, including lectures, concerts, movie showings, spectator sports, and theatrical performances, where large groups of people gather in close proximity for extended periods of time," he said.

Kavanaugh, writing for Thomas and Gorsuch, said the church would suffer "irreparable harm from not being able to hold services on Pentecost Sunday in a way that comparable secular businesses and persons can conduct their activities."

Although California's guidelines place restrictions on places of worship, those restrictions appear consistent with the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment," Roberts wrote.

Earlier Friday night, the court declined a similar request from churches in Illinois after those restrictions had been lifted.

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