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A South Carolina town has agreed not to enforce an ordinance that required residents to obtain a permit to hold religious signs in public as part of a legal settlement with a Christian man who contends such a rule violated his constitutional rights.

The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina has entered a consent order enjoining the Town of Chapin from enforcing its prohibition that prevented Ernest Giardino from holding religious signs on public roadways without a permit, according to an announcement from the legal organization representing Giardino. The town must also pay nominal damages and attorney's fees.

"Mr. Giardino just wants to share his Christian faith with others," First Liberty Institute Senior Counsel Nate Kellum said in the announcement . "We

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