‘Burden’ created when government ‘prevents participation in conduct motivated by a sincerely held religious belief’
By Bob Unruh – WND
A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the city of Castle Rock, Colorado, from interfering with a church’s program to help the homeless by providing temporary shelter in an RV and a trailer camper unit on its own property.
The Rock Church had sued the town after officials there ordered church members to no longer help the homeless on their own church land, and the judge said that campaign created a substantial burden because it “prevents participation in a conduct motivated by a sincerely held religious belief.”
A CBS report noted the Rock Church has sheltered homeless people in RVs on its land since 2019 but town officials blocked that ministry multiple times in 2021, 2022 and 2023 claiming it was a violation of zoning laws.