The Justice Department filed court documents in support of the Temple Baptist Church in Greenville, Mississippi, which has filed a lawsuit claiming discrimination because of restrictions applied to churches but not businesses like restaurants in the town
Washington Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday threw the weight of the Justice Department behind a Mississippi church that is suing to overturn a municipal order that prohibits drive-in church services during the coronavirus pandemic.
The department filed court documents in support of the Temple Baptist Church in Greenville, Mississippi, which has filed a lawsuit claiming discrimination because of restrictions that apply to churches but not businesses such as restaurants in the town. At issue are restrictions that the church says prohibit holding its services, during which a pastor broadcasts via low-power FM radio from inside an empty church to congregation members sitting in their cars in the parking lot.
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