俄勒冈州联邦法官裁定，限制圣蒂莫西圣公会教堂无家可归者喂养计划的城市法令违反了宗教活动。 Federal judge in Oregon rules that city ordinance limiting St. Timothy's Episcopal Church's homeless feeding program violates religious exercise.
俄勒冈州的一名联邦法官做出了有利于圣蒂莫西圣公会教堂的裁决，废除了一项限制该教堂为无家可归者提供食物的能力的城市法令。 A federal judge in Oregon has ruled in favor of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, striking down a city ordinance that limited the church's ability to feed homeless people. 美国治安法官马克·克拉克发现，该市的土地使用条例“严重负担”了教会为饥饿者提供食物的做法，这被认为是一种“宗教活动”和圣公会的“核心信仰”。 U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke found that the city's land use ordinance "substantially burdens" the church's practice of feeding the hungry, which is considered a "religious exercise" and a "core belief" of the Episcopal Church. 法官裁定，该市未能为限制教堂提供免费餐食的时间和日期提供任何“令人信服的”利益，并且该限制与该市声称的利益之间不存在因果关系。 The judge ruled that the city failed to provide any "compelling" interest for restricting the hours and days the church offered free meals, and that there was no causal relationship between the restriction and the city's claimed interests.