Church Preschool’s Federal Food Funding Revoked Over ‘Orthodox Religious Beliefs’ Regarding Sex and Gender, Lawsuit Claims
A California church filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Biden administration’s U.S. Department of Agriculture and California’s Department of Social Services after the church’s federal food funding was revoked due to its “orthodox religious beliefs” regarding sex and gender, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.
The Church of Compassion in El Cajon, California, which operates the Dayspring Learning Center, has been participating in the USDA’s “Child and Adult Food Care Program” for nearly 20 years.
As part of the program, the church’s preschool received approximately $3,500 to $4,500 per month “to help cover food-related costs for indigent students,” the lawsuit stated.
According to the complaint, recent government mandates prohibit houses of worship that “maintain traditional religious beliefs regarding human sexuality” from participating in the anti-hunger program.
The church received a notice in October from Jessie Rosales, chief of the Child and Adult Care Food Programs of the California Department of Social Services, stating that the church’s program would lose funding if it did not meet the requirements of the nondiscrimination policy, which forces “employees to read and abide by a handbook that specifically disallows ‘lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lifestyles.'” (Read more from “Church Preschool’s Federal Food Funding Revoked Over ‘Orthodox Religious Beliefs’ Regarding Sex and Gender, Lawsuit Claims” HERE)
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