‘Should be encouraged and affirmed, not opposed and retaliated against’
By Bob Unruh
A lawsuit has been filed against the town of Castle Rock in Colorado, a state with an already-earned infamy for hostility to Christianity, because officials are trying to halt a church from serving those families who suddenly are homeless.
The lawsuit, in U.S. District Court in Colorado, accuses city officials of “apparently operating on the cynical thesis that they do not want the homeless in their area.”
The case is being brought by First Liberty Institute on behalf of the on-site temporary and emergency shelter ministries of “The Rock,” a church that operates on a 54-acre parcel there.
“The town has not only insisted the church end its efforts to offer temporary and emergency shelter for helpless and suddenly homeless people, it has also interfered with its ability to serve as a Red Cross emergency shelter and retaliated against the church by threatening the business license of a coffee service located in the church,” First Liberty reported.
“Churches that take action to care for the homeless should be encouraged and affirmed, not opposed and retaliated against,” said First Liberty’s Jeremy Dys. “It’s not enough for the town to try to stop this church from using its property to provide temporary shelter to displaced single moms and their children. The town is also trying to prevent the church from partnering with the Red Cross in times of emergency.”