Summary
Greenville, Mississippi Mayor Errick Simmons issued an executive order that bans drive-in church services until the Mississippi governor lifts a statewide shelter-in-place order prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor’s order includes no such ban and identifies churches as an “essential business or operation.”



Commentary
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