Pandemic Restrictions on Worship Spark Civil Disobedience

Pandemic Restrictions on Worship Spark Civil Disobedience
A worshipper kneels in prayer during Mass celebrated outdoors at the historic Our Lady Queen of Angels (La Placita) Church amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles on Aug. 9, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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News Analysis
Constitutional tensions between the authority of governments to use coercive powers to protect public health and the right of Americans to freely engage in religious worship have come to the fore in recent months as the quarantines, curfews, and stay-at-home orders amid the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19 have dragged on.