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You're free to make that argument but it's off topic in this thread because the religious groups it is about aren't presenting the arguments for all the restrictions to be lifted, they're presenting arguments for the restrictions to be specifically lifted from religious organisations (or theoretically, stricter restrictions to be imposed on secular organisations too).
Not quite, the Supreme Court has held that religious organizations may be subject to generally applicable laws, but the moment there is any arbitrariness introduced it triggers review under the Free Exercise Clause. What we have here is complete arbitrariness, public officials deciding with no objective standards what is "essential" and not, as well as the various other levels and restrictions and that is what makes it a valid Constitutional question.