Second religious use policy falls in Contra Costa County, Calif.
ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE
November 9, 2009 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Second religious use policy falls
in Contra Costa County, Calif.
City of Richmond responds positively to ADF letter
regarding flawed religious use policy in same county as separate court battle
RICHMOND, Calif. — The city of Richmond has agreed to eliminate its ban on religious and church activities in its community centers after receiving a letter from ADF attorneys urging the city to cease the implementation and enforcement of its unconstitutional policy. ADF attorneys sent a letter to the mayor on behalf of Pastor Ralph Lopez after he was told by a city official that he could not rent the city’s community center for a Bible study because of a policy forbidding religious uses of the facility.
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