FREEDOM TO PRACTICE YOUR RELIGION IS A GIVEN RIGHT...NOT ANYMORE

The vast majority of the attendees — the majority of which Zornes said were Christ Church members — did not wear masks and most did not social distance. The group sang a few hymns and concluded with a doxology.

Christ Church Pastor Doug Wilson warned attendees at the start of the event that they could be cited by police for not wearing a mask or social distancing.

Zornes said police officers acted calmly and made it clear they were going to enforce the face mask order with arrests, saying officers flexed their muscles.

He said he does not think arrests should have been made because of the attendees' First Amendment rights.

“We were just singing songs,” Zornes said.

He said many residents are working to get a referendum in order to overturn the mask order.