“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.
Tag: religious freedom
“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.
“To What Extent Can Congress Regulate Religious Freedom?”
Read the transcript of a March 17, 2005, Pew Forum expert panel discussion on RLUIPA.
“Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Speaks at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy’s RLUIPA Event”
Read remarks by Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s civil rights division, marking the law’s 10th anniversary.