Unequal under the law
Findlaw's Writ: California's Defeat of a State RLUIPA Bill -
The Growing Backlash Against Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Acts
" The RLUIPA formulation, whether federal or state, mocks the constitutional requirement of equality under the law. Two neighbors--one religious, the other a family--who buy plots of land on the same day, in the same zoned area, are treated unequally under the law. The religious landowner gets first-class treatment, while the neighbor is a second-class citizen who must accommodate his property, his dream, even his family to the religious landowner's desires..."
Posted by fightingdem at January 29, 2004 8:15 AM
