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Another city outlaws home Bible studies

By Alliance Alert

Christian Web News: "Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an appeal Wednesday with the Arizona town of Gilbert?s zoning Board of Adjustment to overturn a decision banning churches from meeting, holding Bible studies, or having any other activities in private homes . . . 'Christian church groups shouldn?t be singled out for discrimination and banned from meeting in their own homes,' said ADF Litigation Counsel Daniel Blomberg. 'The interpretation and enforcement of the town?s code is clearly unconstitutional. It bans 200,000 Gilbert residents from meeting in their private homes for organized religious purposes?an activity encouraged in the Bible, practiced for thousands of years, and protected by the First Amendment.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).