The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division recently sent a letter to San Francisco Mayor London Breed insisting that limiting church attendance to only one person “is contrary to the Constitution and the nation’s best tradition of religious freedom.”
According to The Christian Post, “San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera responded to the DOJ’s letter by calling it ‘lobbing careless legal threats.'” The letter is a response to a recent declaration by the mayor in response to the Coronavirus.
According to a press release published on the mayor’s site, “places of worship (allows one person at a time for individual prayer indoors; 50 people outdoors)” are limited in such capacity until the end of September. However, the article also states, “reopening is dependent upon San Francisco’s Health indicators remaining stable or improving, and the plan below is subject to change.” This means that, ultimately, Churches could stay in lockdown for however long the city deems appropriate.
The Department of Justice slammed the decision. In their letter they state “San Francisco’s treatment of places of worship raises serious concerns about religious freedom. In particular, the limitation of indoor worship to one congregant without regard to the size of the place of worship is draconian, out of step with the treatment afforded other similar indoor activities in San…
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