California must 'mandate equal treatment of persons and activities of a secular and religious nature' when deciding which public gatherings to allow.
In a Tuesday letter, the U.S. Department of Justice told California Governor Gavin Newsom to loosen restrictions around in-person worship services.
"California has not shown why interaction in offices and studios of the entertainment industry, and in-person operations to facilitate nonessential ecommerce, are included on the list as being allowed with social distancing where telework is not practical," the letter said,"while gatherings with social distancing of religious worship are forbidden, regardless of whether remote worship is practical or not.
"Our fear is simply this," Newsom said during a May news briefing."Congregations of people from far and wide coming together in a closed space at a large scale remains a point of concern and anxiety for us. We are working on guidelines for physical distancing and working with faith leaders talking about unique conditions in their own facilities. Nothing is etched in stone."
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