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Supreme Court Asked to Repeal Library Worship BanThe Alliance Defense Fund, a law firm representing the Faith Center Church Evangelistic Ministries, asked the U.S. Supreme Court June 7 to overturn a September 20 federal appeals court ban on conducting worship services at the Contra Costa County (Calif.) Library’s Antioch branch. The 2–1 ruling by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in September overturned a May 23 district court injunction that allowed the Faith Center to use the library’s public meeting rooms for worship. The religious group used the rooms in May 2004, but was denied permission two months later when the library characterized the church’s gatherings as a worship service rather than a religious discussion. In December 2005, the Bush administration filed papers in support of the Faith Center’s case. “County officials should not treat religious expression as second-class speech,” Alliance Defense Fund lawyer Benjamin Bull told the June 8 San Diego Union-Tribune. “Nothing in the Constitution requires the government to single out religious groups and censor their expression simply because their meetings have religious content.” Posted June 15, 2007. |
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