California Megachurch Wins in Court, Resumes Indoor Services Despite Lockdown Order

California Megachurch Wins in Court, Resumes Indoor Services Despite Lockdown Order
Demonstrators protest California Gov. Gavin Newsom's continued statewide shelter in place order outside of San Francisco City Hall on May 1, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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A state judge in California put Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency order from July prohibiting indoor church services during the coronavirus pandemic on hold after a Los Angeles-area megachurch filed a lawsuit.

The decision comes as thousands of Christians in the state continue to attend in-person religious services in open defiance of Newsom. Other churches and religious coalitions have filed their own lawsuits against the governor for his lockdown orders.