A church in Brookings, Oregon has won a federal lawsuit it filed in 2022 over a city ordinance that said it could only give homeless people free meals two days per week. Judge Mark Clarke described the soup kitchen at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church as a “religious exercise.” He said feeding the hungry is one of the church’s “core beliefs” and the city didn’t provide any “compelling” reason for it to be limited, the Oregonian reports. The Rev. Bernie Lindley said the ruling was everything he had hoped for and he cried with joy after it was issued Wednesday, reports Oregon Public Broadcasting. I…