Claiming Religious Discrimination, Midcoast Church Appeals Judge’s Hutchinson Center Ruling • Maine Morning Star

Calvary Chapel Belfast Appeals to First Circuit in State Property Sale Religious Discrimination Case Against the University of Maine System - Black Community News

The University of Maine System (UMS) put up for sale a property called the Hutchinson Center. Calvary Chapel Belfast in Maine bid the highest and won the right to buy it. All’s well that ends well, right? Not quite. One of the losing bidders, Waldo Community Action Partners (WCAP), did not appreciate the church’s views …

Claiming religious discrimination, midcoast church appeals judge’s Hutchinson Center ruling • Maine Morning Star

Frederick Hutchinson Center in Belfast, a building previously used by the University of Maine for classes that served a mix of undergraduate and non-traditional students. (Courtesy of Samantha Warren/ UMaine System)A Belfast church is appealing a federal judge’s decision that allowed the University of Maine System to rescind the church’s winning bid for a university-owned building, arguing that the university discriminated against the church ove…