![]() ![]() District Court in Santa Ana (Orange County). ![]() “(C)ourts have routinely found that providing charity to homeless individuals - including by offering food and drink - can constitute ‘religious exercise,’ ” the department’s Civil Rights Division said Tuesday in a filing with the U.S. But President Biden’s Justice Department has told a federal court that the food distribution is a religious activity protected by federal law. Constanza Hevia H./Special to The Chronicle 2021Ī religious charity that hands out food and beverages to homeless people in Santa Ana has been threatened with fines by the city in response to complaints from neighbors. President Biden’s Justice Department, in a new legal filing, says that food distribution is a religious activity protected by federal law. ![]() A person receives tomatoes from Maria Fornes, a volunteer with the Robert Allen Mercy House food pantry, at the donations container in the parking lot of Shiloh Church. ![]()
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