Federal judge sides with church in unhoused shelter standoff

[Jilly_in_VA]

A federal judge has ruled that a Colorado gold rush town cannot prevent an evangelical church from providing temporary shelter to unhoused people on the church’s property.

The ruling against the town of Castle Rock comes after The Rock church sued the town for attempting to block it by arguing the church could not park RVs used as residences on site under local zoning laws.

The Rock church had also claimed that the town had violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act because its religious beliefs compel it to run a makeshift homeless shelter to “restore the poor, needy and destitute”.

The ruling represents at least a temporary victory for religious organizations attempting to tackle the country’s increasing rates of homelessness exacerbated by rising housing costs – but facing opposition from local authorities and law enforcement.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/colorado-church-unhoused-shelter

Damn NIMBYs and fake Christians wanted to stop the REAL Christians from following Jesus' instructions.....

[niyad]

1. Hmmmmmm. Do I recall correctly that under chimpy's "Faith-Based Innitiatives",

we were assured that government-based social service programs were unnecessary, because the churches could handle it? And when churches do, indeed, try to "handle" such things as being unhoused, the whack jobs get all upset.