Oasis of Truth Church was ordered to stop holding Bible study and other activities at the home of Pastor, Joe Sutherland. The church, located in Gilbert, Arizona, with 7 members, has a Christian legal group working on an appeal.
Christian church groups shouldn’t be singled out for discrimination and banned from meeting in their own homes,” said ADF Litigation Counsel Daniel Blomberg. “The interpretation and enforcement of the town’s code is clearly unconstitutional. It bans 200,000 Gilbert residents from meeting in their private homes for organized religious purposes – an activity encouraged in the Bible, practiced for thousands of years, and protected by the First Amendment.”
When did our homes stop being our homes?