Attorneys representing an Iowa church filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, arguing that the government cannot stop the church from teaching biblical sexuality.

The Alliance Defending Freedom, according to a news release from their office, filed the lawsuit.

The agency’s interpretation of a state law in Iowa could ban churches from expressing their views on human sexuality if they “directly or indirectly” make persons feel “unwelcome” in regards to church events. That could include comments made from the pulpit, ADF Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb writes in the news release.

The law would apply to churches during any activity the commission says does not have a “bona fide religious purpose.”

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