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Charlottesville Nonprofit, Lynchburg Attorney Back CVTC Feeding Plan Suit

May 27, 2019

A Lynchburg attorney with Charlottesville-based nonprofit The Rutherford Institute now is representing a Central Virginia Training Center resident whose father claims the state is seeking to undermine her First Amendment right to freely practice her religion. The Rutherford Institute, which gives legal aid in matters of constitutional rights, issued a statement Friday saying that Virginia is trying to “strip Alisha’s parents of their right to be consulted in her care.”