Connecticut ? A Jewish veteran and a civil liberties group sued the U.S. Postal Service on Friday, challenging a church-run post office that distributes Christian material.

The Full Gospel Interdenominational Church operates the downtown Manchester post office, where customers can buy stamps, ship packages, pick up religious brochures and donate money to Christian ministries.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Hartford by Bertram Cooper, 77, and the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, said the relationship violated the constitutional requirement of separation of church and state.

The church is one of many businesses that have contracts to run post offices, postal officials said.

The agency will not give contracts to businesses that sell pornography or alcohol.