Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
OK, IMO it's real simple Nobody may interfere with any of the items listed in the text of the 1st Amendment. No if, ands or buts about it.
The problem I see is the 1st Amendment starts with the word : (read the first word in the first sentence of My Tagline). So does that mean it applies ONLY to (see Tagline again) or do the lower level political scumbags think that the power extends to them as well ?
I opine that NOBODY has any authority to decide for Others. Only an individual may choose for themselves. So that means that any President, goobiner, city, town or county council(s) or boards, LEO of any type or Rank, National/State Guard, Code enforcement person, Crossing Guard or Hall Monitorhas any authority over Religious Services.
As a matter of fact the County Sheriff has the Responsablity to be sure that Every Citizens Rights are unincumbered in anyway.
A Fire Marshall may have Jurisdiction ONLY of building capacity & head count for Fire Safety purposes. <---- Doesn't apply in this case since it's an outside gathering.
Now of course I'm sure if anyone checks out the Local Ammunition Depot (aka mosque) things will be normal and no interference by anyone !!!
Over here Ping.
Well, if governors now say A1 and separation of church and state do not apply to their state, then they no longer apply with any non-fed entity in their state.
Therefore, a teacher or coach or administrator praying or leading prayer or posting the Ten Commandments or displaying a Crucifix is no longer a violation of A1 either.