DOJ Sues North Idaho City, Citing Descrimination Against Christian Nationalist-Aligned Church

With new campus, Pastor Doug Wilson's Christian Valhalla grows in Idaho

MOSCOW, Idaho (FāVS News) — On 30 acres at the edge of Moscow, Idaho, construction crews are erecting a Jeffersonian set of classical buildings arranged around a central quad, resembling a miniature University of Virginia. But this isn’t a public university. It’s the new campus for Logos School, part of the influential pastor Doug Wilson’s decadeslong effort to transform this college town into a conservative Christian redoubt. The expansion refl…

DOJ sues small Idaho town for discrimination against a church · American Wire News

The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) has sued the Idaho town of Troy for allegedly discriminating against a small evangelical church. According to the DOJ, the Christ Church outgrew its worship space but was unable to find anywhere else to rent. So it then sought a conditional use permit (CUP) “to operate [its] church in the City’s C-1 zoning district, where nonreligious assembly uses such as clubs, museums, auditoriums, and art galleries were …

Why the Justice Department sued the small town of Troy, Idaho

Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, is at the center of the Justice Department lawsuit. Read more about the religious freedom case.

Justice Department takes on small Idaho town in religious freedom battle over church permit

The DOJ sued Troy, Idaho, for religious discrimination, alleging the city violated RLUIPA by denying Christ Church a zoning permit for worship services.

DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Idaho Town Over Religious Discrimination Toward Church

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Troy, Idaho, for religious discrimination after denying Christ Church's application for a permit to hold services in the C-1 zone. In a complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, the department contends that Troy violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) when it rejected the church’s permit application, which would have facilitated worship ser…

DOJ sues Idaho town for religious discrimination against Evangelical church

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit accusing the City of Troy in Idaho of religious discrimination after town officials denied an application from the nearby Moscow-based Christ Church for a conditional use permit that would allow the church to hold services in the city of just under 950 people. #DOJ #Troy #Moscow #Idaho #ChristChurch #ReligiousDiscrimination