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Pastor urges council to exempt churches from new business registration; council asks staff to place item on future agenda
Summary
Pastor Dean Hackett told the council the city’s business license registration requirement, effective Jan. 1, 2025, could imperil churches’ First Amendment rights; council asked staff to add a discussion item about the registration requirement to a future agenda.
Pastor Dean Hackett told the Hermiston City Council Monday that the city’s business license ordinance, which took effect Jan. 1, 2025, requires churches to register and that registration itself is a form of control that could violate the First Amendment.Hackett asked the council to amend the municipal rules to exempt churches and religious organizations from the registration requirement; the council voted to place the matter on a future agenda for formal consideration.
Hackett,…
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