Courts Say Christian Church Not Allowed to Practice Christianity

[freeatlast]

Should a Christian church be allowed to practice its faith in all of its activities...
http://godfatherpolitics.com/3139/courts-say-christian-church-not-allowed-to-practice-christianity/

 

[mandym]

Should a Christian church be allowed to practice its faith in all of its activities...
http://godfatherpolitics.com/3139/courts-say-christian-church-not-allowed-to-practice-christianity/

Link says page not found

 

[freeatlast]

Link says page not found

I don't know why as it works when I click on it.

 

[mandym]

I don't know why as it works when I click on it.

Must have been a direction error it is working now.

 

[mandym]

Should a Christian church be allowed to practice its faith in all of its activities...
http://godfatherpolitics.com/3139/courts-say-christian-church-not-allowed-to-practice-christianity/

Given the very recent ruling on firing employees of the church by the SC this judge should recant the ruling. It is not likely to stand once it hits the SC.

 

[annsni]

Appeal. They cannot make a church do that which is against it's beliefs.

 

[matt wade]

Hopefully this church will pursue this further...all the way to the Supreme Court as necessary.

 

[preachinjesus]

It won't hold up on appeal since the religious exemption clause will be weighed carefully.

The difficulty will come in that the public use segment of the non-profit organization is sketchy in NJ. Notice this quote from a (better) Reuter's article:

In the ruling, the judge said the organization violated its promise to keep the property open to public use in exchange for a tax exemption under the state's Green Acres program that promotes and protects a system of interconnected open spaces.

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/14/us-samesex-newjersey-civilunion-idUSTRE80D03J20120114

Should be a good case to watch. I doubt that the state Supreme Court would uphold the decision of the lower court given the religious exemption would cause more harm than good. This will definitely solicit the interest of many religious liberty lawyers I know.

 

[billwald]

>Appeal. They cannot make a church do that which is against it's beliefs.

Unless you are Mormon.

 

[Salty]

The article said this happened back in 2007. Apparently, the case was just decided the other day. Looks like the the campground will appeal.

Lets stay on top of this.