Jeff Sessions says gov't agencies cutting ties with Ala. megachurch is attack on religious liberty
Former U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions, who is campaigning to return to his seat in the U.S. Senate, slammed decisions by the Birmingham Board of Education and the Birmingham Housing Authority to cut ties with the Church of the Highlands over social media likes made by Pastor Chris Hodges as an attack on free speech and religious freedom.
He also urged Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin to step in to reverse the decisions.
“The actions taken by the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District and the Birmingham Board of Education against the Church of the Highlands represent an attack on both religious liberty and freedom of speech. This cannot happen in America, and certainly should never happen in Alabama,” Sessions wrote in an extended statement on his campaign’s Facebook page Wednesday....