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Mon Jan 31, 2022, 05:21 PM Jan 2022

Lawsuit: Crackdown on Church Soup Kitchens Violates the First Amendment

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Last 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



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
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