GOP Loved Mosques SO MUCH in 2000 - That they passed a LAW!

[benld74]

Ten years ago, Republicans in Congress passed a major law to protect the right of Muslims to establish mosques even where such a building might be unwelcome. Yes, they did. They just may not have thought of it quite that way at the time.

The law, called the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, was aimed at a common problem often ignored by the courts: local government bodies using zoning authority to prevent religious institutions from moving in or expanding their operations.

It had the support of such groups as the Christian Legal Society and the Family Research Council. Rep. Charles Canady, R-Fla., said it was aimed at "the well-documented and abusive treatment suffered by religious individuals and organizations in the land use context." Sen. Orrin Hatch, R- Utah, pushed it because, he said, "At the core of religious freedom is the ability for assemblies to gather and worship together."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-oped-0822-chapman-column-20100820,0,1147455.column


Hows about that folks? A law,,,

[Angry Dragon]

1. Perhaps it has the same expiration date as the bush tax cuts

[lunatica]

2. Yeah, but everyone knows it was for Christians only

That goes without saying.

:sarcasm:

[The Northerner]

3. K&R

[D-Lee]

4. Yup, the Pentacostals just won a case on land use discrimination

http://www.bjconline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3776&Itemid=134

[kirby]

5. It was not just the GOP...

The bill passed by unanimous consent of both parties. There was not even a vote it was so 'noncontroversial'.

[mistertrickster]

6. This is truly hilarious. Their zeal to protect Fundy Christians made them help Cordoba House. nt

[scarletlib]

7. That's true.

Code enforcement in palm beach county has to deal with this law on a regular basis. People open up houses of worship--mostly churches, but we also get synagogues and others too in their homes and all kinds of other buildings. Then the neighbors get upset because 100 cars block the street at the home where the church is. The neighbors call code enforcement all upset about the church next door to their house with the swimming pool etc. The code enforcement has to be very careful. Because of this law we can't just close the church down because it opened up in an area not zoned for a church.

You can do code enforcement for fire codes and such but you can't infringe on their right to have the church where they want it.