Legal experts, policymakers and pastors from across the political spectrum agree that the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging Americans’ approach to religious freedom. But they have different ideas about who’ll pass the test.
Some religious liberty advocates point to restrictions on church services to argue that many political officials deserve a failing grade. In many states, leaders have acted as if the Constitution only guarantees the ability to worship quietly at home, said Jeremy Dys, special counsel for litigation and communications at First Liberty, a religious freedom-focused law firm.
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