Governor Restores Indoor Worship Services to Maximum Capacity
New Mexico | April 26, 2021
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is allowing places of worship around the state to operate at maximum capacity, about a year after the state started limiting capacity because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since last April, when the lockdowns were first initiated, there have been restrictions based on tiered guidelines for places of worship.
“The change was made in light of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that enjoin states from enforcing capacity limits on churches that are more restrictive than other entities like factories and schools,” Nora Meyers, the governor’s press secretary, said in a statement over the weekend. Schools in the state were allowed to completely reopen on April 5…
(Excerpts from The Epoch Times)