Religious extremists in Supreme Court ban California indoor church ban

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the party is always right.

George Orwell, he/his/him

The U.S. Supreme Court told Santa Clara County on Friday that it can't enforce a ban on indoor religious worship services put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The high court issued an order in a case brought by a handful of churches.

The justices, in early February, ruled that California that it can't bar indoor church services because of the pandemic. The justices said at the time that the state could cap indoor services at 25% of a building's capacity and continue to bar singing and chanting.

But Santa Clara had argued that its temporary ban on indoor gatherings of any kind including worship services should be allowed to stand. The county, which includes San Jose, said that it was treating houses of worship no differently from other indoor spaces where it prohibits gatherings and caps attendance.

The county said people could go into houses of worship to pray or go to confession, among other things, but couldn't gather with groups of others. The county said the same was true of retail establishments, where shoppers can go but not gather for an event such as a book reading.

The justices' unsigned order Friday said that their action was "clearly dictated" by their order from earlier this month. The court's three liberal justices dissented.

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Religious extremists in Supreme Court ban California indoor church ban

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