Zoning
Christian Britschgi | 3.26.2024 10:40 AM
Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free, where this week's stories include:
But first, it's another case of zoning against the Good Samaritan.
A church in the border town of San Luis, Arizona, is suing the city government after its pastor was fined for distributing food on church property. The Gethsemani Baptist Church argues in a new federal lawsuit that those fines are part of a campaign of "harassment and intimidation" officials are waging against the church's legal, longstanding food ministry.
"This has been a vital ministry helping people, ranging from people crossing the border to people as far as away as Tucson and food pantries around the area that rely on this church to feed people," says Jeremy Dys, an attorney with the First Liberty Institute, which is representing Gethsemani Baptist Church.
Gethsemani Baptist Church, and its pastor Jose Manuel Castro, have been distributing food, clothing, and other essential items to the poor, for over two decades from its property a few blocks from the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Christian Britschgi is a reporter at Reason.
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Zoning Versus the Good Samaritan. Again.
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26.03.2024
Zoning
Christian Britschgi | 3.26.2024 10:40 AM
Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free, where this week's stories include:
But first, it's another case of zoning against the Good Samaritan.
A church in the border town of San Luis, Arizona, is suing the city government after its pastor was........
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