Food Permitted, Faith Prohibited in FEMA-Managed Katrina Housing
By Allie Martin
November 16, 2006

(AgapePress) - Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency have told a Louisiana church that it cannot share the gospel after providing free barbeques to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Representatives of a management group that operates five FEMA trailer communities near the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport told members of the Calvary Baton Rouge Church that preaching was not allowed on the government properties. The officials are also prohibiting the church from using community facilities for Bible studies even though other groups freely use the facilities. Attendance at the gospel messages that follow the barbeques or at the Bible studies is completely voluntary.

That action has prompted a letter from the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) to government officials, demanding an end to the policy. ADF attorney Jeremy Tedesco says actions by the unidentified government officials are unconstitutional. the rest