Under the current guidelines, only outdoor church services are permitted. (Source: WBTV File) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Last week the North Carolina Sheriff’s Association issued a resolution calling for Governor Roy Cooper to amend the Stay at Home to allow for churches to hold worship services inside, provided they meet the same social distancing guidelines as businesses. WHEREAS, the sheriffs of North Carolina support our citizens and support and defend the constitutional right of all North Carolina citizens to practice their individual religion, peaceably assemble, and freely worship in their houses of worship and elsewhere, as provided for and protected by the Constitution of the United States and the North Carolina State Constitution; and WHEREAS, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides that: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”; and WHEREAS, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is made applicable to the State of North Carolina by the Fourteenth Amendment; and WHEREAS, Article I, Sec. 13 of the North Carolina State Constitution provides that: “Religious liberty. All persons have a natural and inalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the […]
