God will not be saving...at Costco.

Despite its feeble attempt to spin a federal judge's order as not particularly significant, the city of Cypress was dealt a crushing blow on Tuesday in its effort to use eminent domain to take a church's property so that it can build a tax-generating Costco retail center instead.
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The city said that denying Cottonwood the right to build a church would not impose a "substantial burden" on it. But the judge said that "Preventing a church from building a worship site fundamentally inhibits its ability to practice its religion."