District Attorney Dan Dow has declared San Luis Obispo County in central California a “sanctuary county” for churches holding worship services or singing.
According to The Christian Post, Dow will not prosecute churches in his county who have defied a recent order from California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlawing singing in churches.
“Inherent with my responsibility to enforce the law is the discretion that I have … to pursue only those charges that are warranted and are in the interest of justice,” Dow said in a video on Twitter.
Dow believes banning churches not only from meeting, but singing as well, will not help the county move forward.
“Now more than ever in 2020, we need more people attending their houses of worship and seeking help from the Almighty for an answer to the coronavirus,” he said. “In that spirit, I’m calling on people of faith in our county and across our state, across our country and across the world, to pray for peace [and] healing.”
According to the Los Angeles Virus Tracker, San Luis Obispo County has only 2,254 cases as of Monday with 16 deaths, though the county remains on the governor’s watchlist for a “failure to meet state benchmarks.”
Churches in counties on the Governor’s watchlist are restricted from meeting in person, as well as meeting in households.
The Attorney General also acknowledged the incongruity between arresting church…
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