Four pastors are suing the city of Northglenn, Colorado (just outside Denver) for passing new rules that prevent them from hosting lunch events for the homeless at a local park. They say the city is targeting them specifically and this prevents them from practicing their faith.
The allegations they make, however, don’t match the realities on the ground.
The pastors—David Baca of The Crossing Church in Westminster, Dustin Mackintosh of Next Step Christian Church in Thornton, and Ronald Brent Denny and David McCamish of Brave Church in Westminster—say in the lawsuit filed by the right-wing American Center for Law and Justice that they’ve been handing out lunches to the homeless and holding prayer sessions for years at E.B. Rains, Jr. Memorial Park, a 28-acre area with multiple sports fields, pavilions, skatepark, and a lake.
The pavilions were always open to anyone who wanted to use them (unless they were reserved in advance), and since mid-2020, the pastors have been meeting twice a week there for Bible study, prayers, and handing out meals.
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