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Former baseball player Steve Garvey speaks during a televised debate for candidates in the senate race on Jan. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. California’s U.S. Senate race was expected to be a three-way Democratic prizefight. But the possibility of record-low turnout is elevating Garvey's chances to advance to the general election in November. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Atheist group demands IRS pull tax-exempt status of church over endorsement of Steve Garvey

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

A Bible rests on the lawn of Community Baptist Church amongst storm debris Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. The church was destroyed when severe storms came through over the weekend. Members of the church were trapped and injured inside the building during the storm on Saturday. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Christian nationalists to the rescue! America needs more

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, April 12, 2020, file photo, a parishioner prays outside the closed doors decorated with Easter lily flowers at the Christ the King Church Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles. A federal appeals court has denied a Southern California church's request to overturn the state's coronavirus restrictions barring worship services indoors during the coronavirus pandemic. The Sacramento Bee says Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals leaves the door open for addressing Gov. Gavin Newsom administration's limits on church attendance if a California county is in a less-restrictive COVID-19 tier. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Government spies in California church slapped with lawsuit

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Reporters practice social distancing as they interview Andrew Goetze, left, who held a sign in opposition to a Palm Sunday service at Godspeak Calvary Chapel Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Newbury Park, Calif. Many churches, beaches, parks and hiking trails around the state have been closed because they attracted large crowds amid the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

San Jose church punished for standing strong to COVID stupid

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Worshippers practice social distancing as they line up to take communion on Palm Sunday outside of Godspeak Calvary Chapel Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Newbury Park, Calif. Many churches, beaches, parks and hiking trails around the state have been closed because they attracted large crowds amid the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California church must pay $1.2 million for defying COVID regulations, judge rules

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Worshippers line up to take communion on Palm Sunday outside of Godspeak Calvary Chapel Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Newbury Park, Calif. Many churches, beaches, parks and hiking trails around the state have been closed because they attracted large crowds amid the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Appeals court rejects fines for California church that defied COVID restrictions

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks to reporters in her Cabinet room, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Augusta, Maine, after announcing she has vetoed a bill to replace the state's privately owned electric utilities with a consumer-owned utility. (AP Photo/David Sharp) **FILE**

Maine evangelical church asks Supreme Court to block delta-related COVID-19 restrictions

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2018, file photo, Nevada's incoming Attorney General Aaron Ford speaks with The Associated Press in Las Vegas. Attorneys general from 19 other states had recently joined in support of the unusual request from Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley east of Reno. Ford had argued the justices should let the federal court in Reno sort out the details before taking the extraordinary step of wading into the case. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

US Supreme Court won’t hear Nevada church’s COVID-19 case

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

Nevada church presses US Supreme Court on COVID-19 limits

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

9th Circuit sympathetic to Nevada churches in COVID-19 fight

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

Nevada church asks US Supreme Court for 2nd COVID cap review

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

California judge orders church to stop indoor services

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Gov. Steve Sisolak gives an update on the state's COVID-19 response, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Nevada governor mulls church changes as court battle resumes

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 5, 2020 file photo, a distance is measured as worshippers line up to take communion on Palm Sunday outside of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, Calif. Churches in California and Minnesota, backed by a conservative legal group, have file lawsuits in August 2020 against the governors of their states challenging restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak that they contend are violations of religious liberty. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

More US churches sue to challenge COVID-19 restrictions

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

In this Sunday, April 5, 2020, file photo, personal distance is measured as worshippers line up to take communion on Palm Sunday outside of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, Calif. The pastor of a California church has vowed to continue holding indoor worship in defiance of coronavirus health orders after a judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the church from doing so. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Matthew Guasco cited "an immediate threat to public health and safety due to the 2019 novel coronavirus" in issuing the temporary restraining order. The order will be in place until another hearing is held on Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Judge declines to close California church that defied coronavirus order

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Judge denies request to shut church that defied health order

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FILE - In this Sunday, April 5, 2020, file photo, worshipers line up to take communion on Palm Sunday outside of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park, Calif. The pastor of a California church has vowed to continue holding indoor worship in defiance of coronavirus health orders after a judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the church from doing so. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Matthew Guasco cited &quot;an immediate threat to public health and safety due to the 2019 novel coronavirus&quot; in issuing the temporary restraining order. The order will be in place until another hearing is held on Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

California church holds indoor services despite judge’s ban

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Rob McCoy, pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Thousand Oaks, California, and Councilman for Thousand Oaks.

Rob McCoy, Godspeak Calvary Chapel pastor, to defy judge’s order with indoor worship

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Worshippers practice social distancing as they line up to take communion on Palm Sunday outside of Godspeak Calvary Chapel Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Newbury Park, Calif. Many churches, beaches, parks and hiking trails around the state have been closed because they attracted large crowds amid the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Pastor Rob McCoy, Godspeak Calvary Chapel defy coronavirus order with indoor church service

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California pastor vows to hold indoor worship despite order

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