“Zoning battles endanger religious freedom, test spirit of law”
Read a June 24, 2010, post about zoning battles and religious freedom on the blog of the Association of Religion Data Archives.
Category: Law & courts
“Testing Property and Prisoner Protections”
Read a July 2010 Christianity Today article about how court cases are testing RLUIPA’s strength.
“Zoning Law Aside, Mosque Projects Face Battles”
Read a Sept. 4, 2010, New York Times article on RLUIPA disputes involving mosques in New York, Tennessee, California and elsewhere.
“Supreme Court denies Boulder County’s request to weigh in on church expansion”
Read a Jan. 10, 2011, Boulder Daily Camera article on the RLUIPA dispute involving the Rocky Mountain Christian Church.
“Cash-strapped cities look to tax churches for road use”
Read a Jan. 21, 2011, Religion News Service article about how cash-strapped municipalities seek to tax religious groups for road use.
“Minnesota City Halts Church Expansion Plans”
Read a Feb. 4, 2011, Charisma article about an RLUIPA dispute involving a 1,000-plus-member church in Medina, Minn.
“Bricks and Moratoriums: Zoning Out Churches”
Read a Feb. 28, 2011, Christianity Today article about whether cash-strapped municipalities are seeking to “zone out” religious organizations.
“Most Americans ‘OK’ with a mosque in their community”
Read a March 24, 2011, CNN blog post about newly released poll results indicating that most Americans would be “OK” with having a mosque in their community.
“The Constitutional Status of RLUIPA”
Read a Pew Forum legal backgrounder on RLUIPA released March 17, 2005.