In announcing a lawsuit on Tuesday against Sunrise Community Church's homelessness ministry in Austin, Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas and far right Southern Baptist, didn't mince words.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Dallas weeks after the 'Dallas Freedom Act' to decriminalize cannabis was approved by voters.

Dallas passed the charter amendment known as Proposition R, which decriminalizes possession of less than four ounces of marijuana. It also prevents police from using the odor of marijuana to establish probable cause to search people without a warrant.

A lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the court to shut down a homeless center he says is a public nuisance.

The homeless center responded, claiming churches are protected to do work that is an expression of their religious practice.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against a south Austin homeless navigation center "for operating as a common nuisance in violation of Texas law."