A divided Supreme Court on Friday night granted a request by a California pastor to put COVID-related restrictions on in-home Bible study and prayer meetings on hold.

"Because the majority continues to disregard law and facts alike, I respectfully dissent..."

In her dissent, Kagan contended that the First Amendment "requires that a State treat religious conduct as well as the State treats comparable secular conduct." That, she wrote, is what California has done, by adopting "a blanket restriction on at-home gatherings of all kinds." California doesn't have to treat at-home religious gatherings "the same as hardware stores and hair salons," she contended."

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