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Faith Temple Church brought an action to enjoin the Town of Brighton from condemning its property through eminent domain. [23] Faith Temple was a church that had outgrown its needs at its original location. In order to accommodate its larger congregation, it negotiated and eventually purchased a 66-acre (27-hectare) parcel of land in January 2004.
A number of states have passed state RFRAs, applying the rule to the laws of their own state, but the Smith case remains the authority in these matters in many states. [16] The constitutionality of RFRA as applied to the federal government was confirmed on February 21, 2006, as the Supreme Court ruled against the government in Gonzales v.
These laws mainly affected church schools teaching in German. Some laws, such is in Montana, forbade preaching in German during church. [22] A total ban on teaching German in both public and private schools was imposed for a time in at least fourteen states, including California, Indiana, [23] Wisconsin, [24] Ohio, Iowa and Nebraska. California ...
California is home to nearly a third of all homeless people in the U.S. The crisis has sparked Newsom signs laws to fast-track housing on churches’ lands, streamline housing permitting process
Liturgical churches constituted over a quarter of the vote and wanted the government to stay out of personal morality issues. Prohibition debates and referendums heated up politics in most states over a period of decades, and national prohibition was finally passed in 1918 (repealed in 1932), serving as a major issue between the wet Democrats ...
Religious institutions have to be careful of the messages they share, as veering too overtly political can risk their tax-exempt status as nonpartisan nonprofits.
As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that ...
The definition of public accommodation within the Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is limited to "any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests" and so is inapplicable to churches, mosques, synagogues, et al. Section 12187 of the ADA also exempts religious organizations from public ...