SDA Church files lawsuit

[Gregory Matthews]

http://news.adventist.org/archive/articl...berty-violation

[phkrause]

Interesting

[CoAspen]

Very interesting!! Would be interested in knowing more of the background and thinking behind the ordinance.

[LifeHiscost]

Quote:

Adventist News Network

Will Rome be the new world capital for religious freedom?

Apr 24, 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

John Graz

Rome recently launched an “Observatory on Religious Freedom,” an initiative aimed at making Rome the “reference point for the defense of religious freedom in the world.”

This initiative is supported by the mayor of Rome, the Roman Catholic pontiff, Vatican officials and several international diplomats. According to news reports, the observatory is a conference “dedicated to the status and protection of Christian minorities in the world.”

I had mixed feelings as I considered this report. Four years ago, I shared a similar dream with my colleagues as we met together for an International Religious Liberty Association Meeting of Experts. I asked, “Where could we organize a World Forum on Religious Freedom in a city that has long associations with the cause of religious liberty?” We considered possibilities – perhaps Richmond, Virginia, home of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, America’s well-known “fathers of freedom”; La Rochelle, in France, in memory of the persecuted Huguenots; Geneva, Switzerland; or Toronto, Canada.

But we never considered Rome. We knew that throughout its long history, Rome has been more commonly associated with religious repression than with religious freedom.

Is Sunday coming?

God cares!

[Stan]

Yeah to the GC Legal Team! Stop oppression..

[Naomi]

Yeah to the GC Legal Team! Stop oppression..

[ClubV12]

Since this news article seems to have dropped off the face of the web, a brief recap:

Las Cruces, New Mexico imposing registration requirements, fees for churches Sep 19, 2013 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States Elizabeth LechleitnerANN The Seventh-day Adventist Church last week filed a lawsuit against the city of Las Cruces in the U.S. state of New Mexico over an ordinance church lawyers say violates religious expression and unfairly targets pastor-led faith groups ...

The issue was, apparently, the city requiring all Churches and business within the city limits to have a business license.