guns in churches, mosques, synagogues, Druid oak groves etc

[benEzra]

17. Some states, including Georgia, treat churches differently from other, similar private buildings.

A meeting hall can allow or deny guns at the discretion of its members, owner, bylaws, whatever, but in Georgia, churches are Special Places Under God and are therefore not subject to the same rules as regular buildings.

I believe there is indeed a 1st Amendment issue when the state designates special religious rules for churches vs. other voluntary private assemblies, because such rules fail to treat them equally under the law.

Most states (including most blue states) allow church carry on the same basis as carry in any other private building, e.g. allowed if the building owner/organization allows it and prohibited if they do not allow it, and do not make "religious vs. secular" distinctions.