Posted on 08/22/2005 7:40:46 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
" ... bans guns in these premises."
By now these state-mandated words are familiar to Minnesotans wandering into buildings where firearm-toting visitors aren't welcome.
Does that language interfere with the freedom of religion?
It was a central point of debate in a Hennepin County courtroom Monday as the state faced a challenge to its updated but still-controversial gun law.
The case, which also focuses on whether religious institutions may ban guns in their parking lots or in their buildings while being used by tenants, is making its second run in the court system. A similar challenge was brought against a 2003 version of the law, but arguments about the religious questions still lingered when a Ramsey County judge ruled that the law was improperly passed by the Legislature.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
Are these churches trying to get rid of their remaining conservative members?
It appears so. Their aren't many more of us.
David Lillehaug, attorney for the Edina Community Lutheran Church, has tried to bring a lawsuit before without success. I hate to say we are alumni of the same college and I know his father.
David was a success in the last lawsuit that caused the legislature to re-pass the MCPPA of 2003 with some minor changes in 2005.
sounds like something HER kind of people would endorse...
Three words, Concealed Carry Permit.......apologies to the Priest later, after saving him along with fellow parish members from an attack.
The trib writes these articles as if the entire church population of MN is against this ban
Well, some people get that impression when their churches' governing body (ELCA, for one) is donating cash to David Lillihaug and his efforts.
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