Posted on 05/15/2020 6:05:40 PM PDT by marshmallow
Smithfield, N.C. — Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell said his deputies won't "interfere or prevent churchgoers to peaceably assemble and exercise their constitutional right to freely worship."
The North Carolina Sheriff's Association along with many other sheriffs departments are siding with those who want indoor services.
Father Peter of Saint Ann Catholic Church said, "People are stressed and they need the churches. They need this encouragement."
The state plan to resume business and social activities during the pandemic suggests that churches hold outdoor worship services or limit services to 10 people at an indoor service for now, but law enforcement officials, ministers and others have been pushing back against that restriction in recent days, noting retailers can have dozens and sometimes hundreds of people inside their stores.
The governor's office clarified that for churches where outdoor or limited service is impossible, an exception can be made.
An updated document shared with the sheriff's association includes this caveat: “In situations where it is not possible to conduct worship services outdoors or through other accommodations - such as through, for example, a series of indoor services of ten or fewer attendees, or through online services - the ten-person attendance limit on indoor worship services does not apply."
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Good! This news makes a wonderful counter-balance to the nonstop doom and gloom from the Eeyore brigade. :-)
Am originally from North Carolina and my previous sheriff there stated today that neither he or his deputies are going to do anything at all to stop churches from holding worship services.
Good because there are so many other places that are open and the virus has not spread much in spite of that.
I still haven’t found any answers to the questions I’ve had about whether mosques are being shut down, too, or not.
This is one smart virus. You can explain different situations and exceptions to it and it knows not to infect. LOL
BTTT!
Hallelujah!
” Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell said his deputies won’t “interfere or prevent churchgoers to peaceably assemble and exercise their constitutional right to freely worship.””
yeah, but then the gov will just revoke their state church licenses, and if that doesn’t work, cut off their power, water, and other utilities ...
“...an exception can be made.”
If an exception can be made what’s the point in having the restriction to begin with?
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