Article: ACLJ Sues Texas City Over Policy That Prohibits Religious Meetings.

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TYLER, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 2002

The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm today filed suit in federal court against the City of Van, Texas after city officials refused to permit its facilities, which are open to numerous activities, to be used for religious meetings.

"The city violated the law by its decision to treat religious speech differently than non-religious speech," said Stuart J. Roth, Senior Counsel of the ACLJ, which filed suit. "The law is very clear: if a city permits its facilities to be used for a wide variety of purposes, it cannot legally reject a request to ...

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