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WASHINGTON - A lawsuit is challenging Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s move to paint “Black Lives Matter” in giant yellow letters down the city’s 16th Street near the White House, alleging she is violating the First Amendment’s establishment clause by showing a preference to what it calls a “cult orthodoxy.”
The suit, filed in federal court Wednesday by street pastor Rich Penkoski, also complains in incendiary language that Bowser’s decision to change a street name to “Black Lives Matter Plaza” was done “to pay respect to the Black Lives Matter liturgy at the taxpayers expense.”
The lawsuit was first reported by The Washington Times.
Penkoski is identified as the head of the D.C. Chapter of the Warriors for Christ.
Link: DC mayor sued over 'Black Lives Matter' street painting
The suit, filed in federal court Wednesday by street pastor Rich Penkoski, also complains in incendiary language that Bowser’s decision to change a street name to “Black Lives Matter Plaza” was done “to pay respect to the Black Lives Matter liturgy at the taxpayers expense.”
The lawsuit was first reported by The Washington Times.
Penkoski is identified as the head of the D.C. Chapter of the Warriors for Christ.
Link: DC mayor sued over 'Black Lives Matter' street painting