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Lawsuit: Crackdown on Church Soup Kitchens Violates the First Amendment
RadicalLeftLunaticHat RetweetedLast year Brookings, Oregon, passed a law saying churches in residential zones could only serve free meals 2 days a week. All the city's churches are in residential zones
Now one church is suing, arguing the zoning ordinance is a First Amendment violation
Now one church is suing, arguing the zoning ordinance is a First Amendment violation
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Lawsuit: Crackdown on Church Soup Kitchens Violates the First Amendment
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church says that a Brookings, Oregon, law limiting its "benevolent meal service" to two days a week unconstitutionally restricts its
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church says that a Brookings, Oregon, law limiting its "benevolent meal service" to two days a week unconstitutionally restricts its