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D.C. church says a bike lane would infringe upon its constitutional ‘rights of religious freedom’
The District government is going through the rather municipally boring process of determining where to build a bike lane on the east side of downtown. And one church has given a charged response to some proposals, saying that a bike lane near its property would infringe upon “its constitutionally protected rights of religious freedom and equal protection of the laws.”
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They have a good idea about their problem, that they'll lose their parking spaces and in turn probably lose parishioners. I think claiming that it's an assault on their practice and freedoms of religion is an extreme stretch of the constitution though.
I would hope for a solution, perhaps a grocery store or similar in the area that would allow them to use the back of their parking area for a small fee and a shuttle bus would work? Of course at the same time I think businesses and religious institutions should have been consulted during this idea phase.
Christians don't want freedom of religion, they want dominance and have been a curse on mankind since the Nativity.
Jesus then turned water into wine, but not before he decreed that bike lines be whack yo'.