Justice Department Opens Investigation Into City of Rainsville for Disability, Religious Liberty Discrimination

DOJ probes alleged discrimination against Christian rehab

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DOJ investigating Alabama city for keeping away ‘drug addicts,’ barring Christian recovery center

The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Thursday announced an investigation into whether the City of Rainsville violated three federal laws when it denied an application for a faith-based addiction recovery facility to operate there. According to the agency, the investigation began from a complaint that the city denied a Christian recovery organization the ability to establish a program in order to “keep away ‘drug addicts.’”

Justice Department opens investigation into City of Rainsville for disability, religious liberty discrimination

RAINSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation into the City of Rainsville on claims that officials refused to allow a faith-based organization to establish a recovery center on the premise of keeping "drug addicts" away. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said it announced that it is going to determine whether the City violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Religious…