Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Texas Department of Housing and Community Development, his second lawsuit in as many weeks that targets a state agency for practices he says discriminate against religious groups.

Organizations that receive state funds to help homeless people or support housing programs through the department are not permitted to engage in religious activities within those programs. Paxton argues this rule is unconstitutional and forces religious organizations to alter or abandon core elements of their faith.

“State agencies have no authority to force Christians and other religious organizations to censor their beliefs just to serve their communities,” Paxton said in a news release. “Constitutionally protected religious liberty must be upheld in Texas and across t

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