He should go back to where he came from.

The 19th century.

People, especially those with responsibility often put a god into the equation simply to make up for their total lack of ability.

I got reminded of a woman I worked with in the late 70's. Evonne was from Little Rock, AR. In Little Rock she worked at a public job - I think real estate or taxes or something like that. Most of her co-workers were judgmental, intrusive Southern Baptists. Evonne was questioned about her home life. She lied and told her aggressive co-workers that she lived alone. Her co-workers did not like that but said "at least you are not living in sin." Evonne and her boyfriend were living together. One day Evonne "got caught." She wrote out a check for the United Way fund drive. She did not stop to think about her name and her boyfriend's name being on the check blank. They had a joint checking account. One of the fanatical Baptists happened to see the check and zeroxed it. She handed out photocopies to all of the pious people in the office. Right away everyone ostracized Evonne. She quit the job. A year later she ran into a co-worker and found out why people suddenly hated her.

I wonder how they can enforce it? But enforce it, they will. That is common behavior for these power hungry jerks. They might go out to people's homes and manipulate their way inside to see if someone has a questionable "roommate." Or they might use their police resources to find out who lives with someone who is not a spouse. Or maybe they watch an employee's house to see who goes in and out. In the early 80's I typed reports for a law enforcement agency. They would do this, use police resources and data banks to find out information about people's private lives. I even had a co-workers who had friends who worked at banks, medical facilities and public aid offices - would call her contacts to find out private information on her co-workers. Some of these people are intrusive, power-tripping and downright scary.

I see the sheriff walked things back. So was this just a test to see what he could get away with? This an issue with separation of church and state.

Do they breed these halfwits in NC specially to put into office?

Yeah right... I'd ignore that nonsense..

Kayne did that too with his staff. I wonder how that went.

North Carolina, the State where one can find Patrol Cars with legalized Peeping Toms driving them.
Scenario in Nth. Carolina: Sheriff answers phone in office, woman screams into phone, " Help, someone is trying to murder me and my family, we're locked in the bathroom, send a Deputy please."
Sheriff answers, " Sorry Ma'am but all my Deputies are out on patrol checking that no-one is Cohabiting before Marriage, they be be a few hours before anyone can respond to your call."
And here was me thinking that President Humpty tRumpty was a huge joke, Nth. Carolina has just taken the cake.

Tosser!

Well, he doesn't understand that he is making it much more exciting, all this sneaking around.

This sort of extreme bibull thumping makes me ill - truly !

I would happily get fired - F him, and all those that agree with him !

There's alway a workaround. How about we list some "what if ... " scenarios?

Bible belt politics, sucks

There are very few couple that don't shack before marriage. I would love a live in partner right now.

He openly saying so violates the law, but in the case if evangelicals- only god's law is important, unless it has to do with guns and babies and free speech for xtions.

I'd SO be taking that fucker to court over his bullshit.