Why has the Church of Scientology filed a lawsuit that sues Sandy Springs?”
Scientologists sue over Sandy Springs vote By April Hunt The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 6:21 p.m. Thursday, January 14, 2010 Sandy Springs discriminated against the Church of Scientology when the city refused to let the church expand a former office building into its Georgia headquarters, two new lawsuits claim. The church filed religious discrimination complaints in U.S. District Court on Wednesday and Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday. Both suits contend that the city infringed on the church’s religious rights in the City Council’s vote Dec. 15 that approved the rezoning of the building at Roswell Road and Glenridge Drive but denied the church’s request to add a fourth floor by enclosing a basement parking garage, saying there wasn’t enough parking. “Their own staff said if you put a cap on occupancy, which we proposed, the parking is sufficient,” said William Woodson Galloway, the church’s attorney. “There are many, many ways they could have addressed the quote, ‘public saf
