AG BILL BARR: “Government may not impose special restrictions on religious activity that do not also apply to similar nonreligious activity.” pic.twitter.com/MOJzEVRMqJ – Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 14, 2020 As cities, counties and states around the country ban churches from gathering, Attorney General Barr and the Justice Department decided to side with a Mississippi church in a lawsuit challenging Greenville Mayor Errick Simmons’ April 7 executive order prohibiting drive-in church services.