The county's statement in the wake of the decision is a pretty representative sample of the attitude we're dealing with here.

"These actions of the City of Pasadena and Gov. Gavin Newsom are akin to repressive foreign regimes, not America."

Legal aggression toward churches nationwide by their respective governments has raised eyebrows among religious freedom experts.

The premise of this entire argument is that religious congregants can't socially distance, but gamblers can.