Attorney Randall Wenger was given the unique opportunity of helping a minor teenager save her baby. She was being pressured by her mother to have an abortion. However, Pennsylvania law makes clear that it is illegal to coerce a minor to have an abortion. The Law Center sought and won an emergency injunction to prevent the abortion the day before the teenager was scheduled to go to the abortion clinic.…
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The Independence Law Center went to court and came out victorious on behalf of The King's Men, an organization that was sued by a sex-oriented business. Members of The King’s Men (thekingsmen.org) are a presence outside of some "adult" bookstores and strip clubs in Southeastern Pennsylvania, holding signs and encouraging men to stop frequenting such establishments. In attempting to rid them…
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A Methodist Church in suburban Philadelphia took seriously the scriptural call to help the poor. They opened a homeless ministry to allow persons facing homelessness to stay at the church free of charge and to receive counseling while they got back on their feet financially. The Township zoning officer took a different view of the ministry and ordered them to stop, claiming that such a ministry was…
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Two churches have been in contact with the Independence Law Center after they were told they were violating zoning by meeting in a theater. One of the churches, meeting in a theater in Montgomery County, was told that they were in violation because “religious uses” were not permitted in a “shopping” zone. The Independence Law Center contacted the Township solicitor, explaining that the ordinance…
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