Salem’s representatives blew up for an attempt to ban religious bodies to use school property

A Massachusett city She faces a lite and potential lawsuit at the suggestion of the school committee trying to ban religious organizations and churches to rent the State School space.

A letter from the Massachusetts Law Center, addressed to the member of the Salem School Committee, states that the Committee discriminates against the Church of the House of Promises and other religious groups regarding the 3204 policy proposals, which prohibit religious institutes to rent or rent a place in the state schools.

The proposal included in the Salem Committee on May 19, 2025, minutes of meetingIt states: “Rent and lease, which are not provided by religious organizations, have been added to politics to solve problems that may be religious organizations that do not correspond to the values ​​of the area.”

“I am writing on behalf of my client, the Church of the House of Promise to demand to stop any efforts immediately to discriminate it or any other religious organization based on their religious beliefs and perspectives,” Sam White, the lawyer of the Massachuseta Law Center (MLLC), wrote June 9 letter.

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The Salem School Committee faces the reaction and potential lawsuits at the proposal, trying to prohibit religious organizations and churches to rent a state school. (Photo Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“We understand that you are in the process of approving a policy that prohibits religious organizations, and only religious organizations, rent or rent space in the state schools of Salem,” the letter reads. “It would be clear First amendment Violation. If you pass and pursue this policy, we will bring immediate legal actions to retain my customer’s rights. “

MLLC’s letter claims that the Church of the House of Promises, which reserved the place in the assembly hall of the Collins High School for Sunday services.

“The Church of the House of Promises is a non-energy Christian church, which reserved the place in the assembly hall of the Collins high school for Sunday for several years,” the letter reads.

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This adds that the church “used a booking portal for this internet. During this time it never received complaints and negative reviews about the use of property. Many other organizations also rented a place in the state schools for their meetings and events such as the Boys and Girls Club, children’s care and various programs at school.”

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Museum of Witches Salem in Salem, Massachusetts. The proposal of the Salem Committee was resembled by “anti -Christian witch hunting”. (Boston Globe / Authors via Getty Images)

“In a conversation with Pastor Hayat after the translated June 2, the head of the UPA said that his understanding that if the policy passed, the Church of the promise of promise would immediately be banned from the lease in the state schools of Salem, and any current reservations will be canceled,” the letter said.

In his statement by Fox News Digital, Whiting said the proposal caused a direct violation of the first amendment with the nod to the infamous lawsuits on the witches of Salem in the 1600s.

“We are surprised by the brazen violation of the first amendment, which has violated the decades of a clear legal precedent,” Whiting said. “Apparently someone needed to report this Salem Our Constitution Does not allow anti -Christian witch hunting. We believe that our letter will make the trick and that the Salem School Committee will vote for the deviation of this discriminatory policy. ”

The Liberty Massachusetts Center says the Church of the House of Promise, which leaves the space in the assembly hall of the Collins high school for Sunday services. (Istock)

Pastor of the House of Promises Pastor Richard Hayat told Fox News Digital that the new policy is “deeply concerned” to exclude religious organizations.

“To be clear, the only religious organizations used in these buildings are churches – and no one else. Meanwhile, more than 100 secular institutions continue to access without the threat of exception.

He added that when the proposal progresses, the church “does not shy all the legal ways to defend our rights in accordance with the law on first amendment and massachusetts.”

Digital Fox News Digital He appealed to the Committee of the school of Salem and the chief Stephen Pavke for the comments, but did not immediately receive the answer.

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