Faith Group Defies Distancing Orders To Worship At Newport Beach

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 07: A worshipper is baptized in the Pacific Ocean at the ‘Saturate OC’ beach revival held amid the COVID-19 pandemic on August 7, 2020 in Newport Beach, California. Hundreds gathered for the last of a series of weekly beach worship services which began July 3rd in defiance of a ban on mass gatherings in Orange County. Many worshippers did not wear masks or practice social distancing amid continued tensions between state officials and some houses of worship over coronavirus restrictions. Co-organizer Parker Green told CBSLA, ‘People are far more afraid of losing their civil liberties in the long run than getting sick’. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)