The Religion News website reports today (July 17, 2012) that Seventh-day Adventists have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of two ordinances in an Alabama city that the church says bars it -- and other religious groups -- from door-to-door solicitations unless they first register and pay license fees.
The lawsuit was filed after a member of the church's Summer Student Missionary Program was ticketed in June by a police officer for selling books door-to-door without a City of Alabaster permit.
The lawsuit seeks a court order that declares the ordinances unconstitutional and bars the city from enforcing them.
U.S. District Court Judge Karon Bowdre has set a hearing in the case for tomorrow (July 18).
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