Trump deems churches 'essential' in coronavirus pandemic, calls for Memorial Day weekend reopenings
and restaurants, but similar guidance on reopening churches, synagogues and mosques was put on hold.
"The coronavirus is just as contagious in a restaurant opened prematurely as in a house of worship," said Maureen O'Leary, advocacy associate for Interfaith Alliance, a group that advocates for the separation of church and state."The White House’s move to delay CDC recommendations for reopening houses of worship is a shocking display of partisanship over public safety."
The Justice Department sided with a Virginia church this month in its challenge to a state shutdown order limiting the size of religious gatherings. Federal authorities filed notice of their support for the Lighthouse Fellowship Church in the resort town of Chincoteague Island after the pastor was cited last month by local police for hosting a service attended by 16 people – six more than allowed for such in-person gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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