Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Vice President Mike Pence reacted on Wednesday to the Justice Department’s decision to side with a Virginia church, which sued Gov. Ralph Northam after being fined for holding a service during the coronavirus pandemic, saying he “strongly” agrees with the ruling. Lighthouse Fellowship Church on Chincoteague Island sued Northam after police threatened a pastor with jail time or a $2,500 fine for violating the state's coronavirus lockdown restrictions by holding a 16-person church service on Palm Sunday. State officials said Wilson and the church violated the Virginia Constitution by breaking state-imposed social distancing restrictions intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Source: Fox News May 06, 2020 16:41 UTC