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Foursquare Church Loses Religious Liberties Case PDF Print Email
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009

Court denies protection under RLUIPA and First Amendment

Trying to establish a new church property in San Leandro, California, the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel battled high costs and community opposition.

The best solution was to use space in an industrially zoned part of town. But because the city would lose tax revenue as a result, it refused to rezone.

Because of these types of denials, in the 1990s, Congress pushed for the RLUIPA law to protect churches’ First Amendment rights to expand or build.
But a California federal district court rejected the claim that the city violated the church’s rights under RLUIPA, the First Amendent, due process and equal protection.

In fact the court stated, “The fact that there may be no other properties available to which the Church can expand its operations in the specific way it wants does not mean that the City’s zoning code imposes a substantial burden on the Church.”

Pray that this blow to religious liberty be overturned, RLUIPA will be strengthened and the church will be able to build in San Leandro.

 
ACLU Win: Gideons Prohibited From Giving Bibles to Military PDF Print Email
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009

God and country moving further apart?

New American solders used to receive free Bibles from the Gideons.

But the ACLU threatened a lawsuit and the military agreed—no more Bible distributions.

 
Oakland Trashes Pastor’s First Amendment Rights PDF Print Email
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Saturday, 01 August 2009

Anti-abortion activist on trial

Rev. Walter Hoye regularly stands outside of an Oakland abortion clinic handing out literature and carrying a sign that says “Jesus loves you and your baby. Let us help.” In May of last year, the Oakland City Council passed an ordinance designed to stop pro-life groups.

To silence the pastor, the Alameda County District Attorney demanded that Rev. Hoye plead guilty to one misdemeanor count and agree to stay away from a local abortion clinic in exchange for dismissing three other false criminal charges against him.

Rev. Hoye refused. The jury trial began Monday, January 5, and is expected to wrap up within the next few days. Pray for a positive outcome.

 
San Diego Church Outrage: Victory Ahead PDF Print Email
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Saturday, 01 August 2009

Religious freedom under fire

A few months ago, we wrote about the outrageous move by the County of San Diego to shut down Guatay Christian Fellowship. The county stopped the church’s services (click here to see our previous article).

United States District Judge Jeffrey T. Miller issued a preliminary injunction against the county for shutting down the church. He wrote, “To effectively deprive a group of individuals from practicing their religious beliefs at a site in continuous use for over 20 years, presents extraordinary circumstances.” The court then held that the public interest “overwhelmingly favors” the church.

 
Religious Liberty Victory: Jews for Jesus PDF Print Email
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Saturday, 01 August 2009

Free speech wins!

I’m glad to let you know the City of Los Angeles has agreed to settle a lawsuit involving Jews for Jesus.

Back in 2006, Cyril Gordon was passing out Jews for Jesus literature at an Israeli Independence Day event, as he had for the previous 5 years. But this time the police stopped him.

This settlement is a great First Amendment victory.

 
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Craig Huey is the coordinator and speaker for the Election Forum. Mr. Huey is an author, public speaker, entrepreneur and owner of two successful businesses.

He has led Bible studies at Calvary Chapel and Rolling Hills Covenant Church and has given his election recommendations on KKLA’s Frank Pastore show, KWVE’s Brian Perez show, and KBRT’s Paul McGuire show.

 

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