RALEIGH – Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and the N.C. Senate Republican Caucus wrote a letter to Governor Roy Cooper asking for clarification regarding citizens ability to attend worship services.
Basically, while Cooper said that First Amendment activities were protected and allowed under the executive order, but churches were prohibited from hosting indoor services, even consistent with retail occupancy allowances. Now that we’ve entered the misguided reopening strategy, the senators relay that worshipers want to know if they can exercise their First Amendment rights without fear of criminal penalties.
Read the letter below:
200508 Letter to Gov Cooper… by Lauren Horsch on Scribd
Have a hot tip for First In Freedom Daily?
Got a hot news tip for us? Photos or video of a breaking story? Send your tips, photos and videos to tips@firstinfreedomdaily.com. All hot tips are immediately forwarded to FIFD Staff.
Have something to say? Send your own guest column or original reporting to submissions@firstinfreedomdaily.com.
