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AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe California Department of Health clarified Tuesday that indoor religious services in the state have been suspended indefinitely.Over four months after California initially instituted a lockdown on March 19, the state issued a new on Monday that rolled back reopening plans.The guidance mandates that , bars, churches, fitness centers, hair salons and barber shops must be closed in 30 of the hardest hit counties in California.Advertisement - story continues below“We’re going back into modification mode of our original stay at home order,” Democratic California Gov. said, according to The New York Times. “This continues to be a deadly disease.”The DCNF pressed both the governor’s office and the California Department of Health on when Californians may attend indoor religious services again, and what punishments Californians face if they do attempt to attend banned services. Newsom’s office referred the DCNF to the California Department of Health.Trending:CDPH&nbsp;referred the DCNF to a on the matter, noting that the order went into effect immediately and that it will remain in effect indefinitely until the State Public Health Officer decides to lift it.CDPH did not provide an end date.Advertisement - story continues belowCDPH would not directly address what punishments Californians might face if they continue to gather for indoor .“The Governor has consistently said that asking people to do the right thing is the most powerful enforcement tool we have,” spokeswoman Ali Bay told the DCNF.Is Newsom's ban an infringement of religious liberty?Yes: 97% (3570 Votes)No: 3% (92 Votes)“We all have a shared responsibility to do the right thing to not only protect ourselves, but those around us.”“This is a statewide requirement and flows from the same legal authority as all of the other state orders,” she added.“Californians have done incredible work following those orders — saving lives in the process. We expect that will continue to be the case.”Advertisement - story continues belowThe new guidance comes after months of from Californians who have been prevented from attending religious services.The Department of Justice intervened in May, warning the governor that California’s reopening plan discriminates against houses of worship.Related:“Simply put, there is no pandemic exception to the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights,” Eric S. Dreiband, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in May.Dreiband also reminded Newsom that Attorney General William Barr recently issued a statement in which Barr emphasized that “even in times of emergency … federal statutory law prohibits discrimination against religious institutions and religious believers.”Advertisement - story continues below“Government may not impose special restrictions on religious activity that do not also apply to similar nonreligious activity,” Barr said.“For example, if a government allows movie theaters, restaurants, concert halls, and other comparable places of assembly to remain open and unrestricted, it may not order houses of worship to close, limit their congregation size, or otherwise impede religious gatherings.”The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of their original content, please contact .Advertisement - story continues belowA version of this article appeared on website.Submit a Correction →We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism.Tags:, , , , ,AdvertisementThe Victory Baptist Church in South Los Angeles, where Martin Luther King preached, has burned; arson investigators have begun their work.Former President Donald Trump's legal team completely dismantled the Department of Justice's legal argument regarding a 'special master.'Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will not be out and about much in the coming months due to recent back surgery.When Trump exited his plane at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, leftists had their theories ready to go.The family's electric truck completely ran out of battery after the charging station they stopped at was not working.On one hand, Hillary Clinton laments that we aren't 'united' as Americans like we were on 9/11, then she attacks all who oppose her.All the supervisor did was come in contact with these pills, and he had to be hospitalized. Imagine if the kids had taken them.'When evil presents itself, it can be devastating, but we must remember there is more good than evil in our world.'These ten "levers" have potential to lengthen your life while also enhancing your quality of life, so you can keep doing what you love.Even though Stelter failed at being a journalist in his own right, Harvard has somehow decided he is qualified to teach students.

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe California Department of Health clarified Tuesday that indoor religious services in the state have been suspended indefinitely.Over four months after California initially instituted a lockdown on March 19, the state issued a new on Monday that rolled back reopening plans.The guidance mandates that , bars, churches, fitness centers, hair salons and barber shops must be closed in 30 of the hardest hit counties in California.Advertisement - story continues below“We’re going back into modification mode of our original stay at home order,”...

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