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Landmark Federal Court Ruling Opens The Way For Mega-Mosques Across America
http://shoebat.com ^ | 01/04/2017 | Andrew Bieszad

Posted on 01/04/2017 3:08:54 PM PST by heterosupremacist

full title:. Landmark Federal Court Ruling Opens The Way For Explosion Of Constructing Mega-Mosques Across America

I have been warning repeatedly that Islamization in America will not happen through any sort of military action, but it will come through the courts, that the biggest danger America faces is not from guns and terrorists, but lawyers in well-pressed suits and activist judges.

In another case which illustrates my point, a court in New Jersey has made what is being called a “landmark” ruling against a small town which said that Muslims were discriminated against by being required to have more parking spaces for their mosque than for other places of worship:  A federal judge ruled Saturday that a New Jersey town broke the law by requiring more parking spaces for a mosque than for other places of worship.

The planning board of Bernards Township, N.J., denied plans to build a mosque due to concerns that there were not enough parking spaces, arguing that mosques needed more parking than churches or synagogues due to different times of worship.

After nearly four years of hearings, the Islamic Society sued the township in March 2016. U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp declared Saturday that the town’s actions violated the Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act.

Parking requirements have been previously used against the building of mosques, and the Islamic Society’s lawyer Adeel Mangi reportedly said, “(t)his truly is a landmark ruling with national impact.”

In court, the township insisted that the issue was not a religious one, but a concern over parking, with the township’s attorney saying in court, “it’s based simply on the parking needs of the applicant.”

Judge Schipp, however, disagreed, and ruled that the parking requirements gave the town board “unbridled and unconstitutional discretion.”

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Religion
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; mosques; muslimamericans; zoning
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To: heterosupremacist

More proof that America loves to kiss muzzie ass.


21 posted on 01/04/2017 4:25:57 PM PST by 353FMG (AMERICA IS ALL THAT TRULY MATTERS)
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To: Amendment10

Re : Post #15

Excellent post, and excellent quotes...

T Y for posting.


22 posted on 01/04/2017 4:31:56 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: cardinal4

Not sure :) Would take a team of top scientists years to figure out which part of their brains are defective.


23 posted on 01/04/2017 4:54:00 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Though I like your idea, very many are citizens and I am pretty sure there’s no precedent for throwing a group of citizens out.

We could have set one with the Irish but we blew it. JK!!! :)


24 posted on 01/04/2017 4:55:44 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: heterosupremacist

Legally correct ruling, unless the township had a ream of parking data from churches and mosques that actually supported their theory.

If someone has links to their expert evidence, I’ll be happy to discuss further after reviewing it. But facially, it looks like the city had a pretty weak case.


25 posted on 01/04/2017 5:05:37 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Blue Jays

No mosque is fireproof. Drones are for sale at checkout.

Too easy.


26 posted on 01/04/2017 5:10:52 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: dp0622

muslims want sharia and are inherently opposed to our government. they are internal threats and to hell with their “citizenship”. especially if they hold dual citizenships.


27 posted on 01/04/2017 5:12:14 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: colorado tanker

I’m thinking that the parking requirements for a church holding (usually) multiple services on a Sunday morning would differ significantly from those of a mosque holding a single service early(?) on a Friday evening.


28 posted on 01/04/2017 5:21:37 PM PST by Bob (Now, Republicans get to sing "Happy Days Are Here Again". Enjoy the suck, rats.)
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To: Amendment10
To the best of my understanding of the Constitution, it remains that since the ratification of the Constitution, the only way that the corrupt, post-17th Amendment ratification feds can constutionally control how INTRAstate private property is used is to purchase the land in compliance with the 5th Amendment’s eminent domain clause.

Well, there is that pesky little First Amendment issue.

29 posted on 01/04/2017 5:26:30 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35; All
"Well, there is that pesky little First Amendment issue."

Noting that gasoline-powered vehicles did not exist when the amendable Constitution was ratified, just as with unconstitutional, but vote-winning Obamacare, there was nothing stopping Congress from exercising its Article V powers to petition the states for new powers to justify the religious-sounding bill as it affected local and state zoning regulations.

"In every event, I would rather construe so narrowly as to oblige the nation to amend, and thus declare what powers they would agree to yield, than too broadly, and indeed, so broadly as to enable the executive and the Senate to do things which the Constitution forbids." --Thomas Jefferson: The Anas, 1793.

Instead, the feds got away (again) with unconstitutionally expanding their powers imo, in this example by passing what was arguably a vote-winning, election year bill nonetheless.

30 posted on 01/04/2017 6:03:02 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: heterosupremacist

but I thought the exodus from NJ was because of the taxes? NOT...Sanctuary STATE.

“Later, Jersey! Why people are leaving the Garden State in droves”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3510831/posts


31 posted on 01/04/2017 6:16:55 PM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: PAR35; All

Another argument against the Religious Land Law is the following.

Note that the Founding States had decided that the states did not have to respect the rights expressly protected by the Bill of Rights. The state obligated only the federal government to respect such rights.

So hypothetically speaking, Muslims probably would not have won their parking lot case arguing 1st Amendment protected religious expression before the 14th Amendment was ratified.

And regardless of the 14th Amendment, I question if the religious-sounding name of the law appropriately complements the 1st Amendment protections that it is argued to provide. Again, the name would probably be favored by voters with religious convictions in an election year.


32 posted on 01/04/2017 6:28:59 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: Bob

Years ago my employer terminated a Muslim worker because he had to depart the corporate campus FIVE TIMES per day to go pray.
If that happened under the prevailing President 0bama climate, they would force my bosses to buy this guy a company car to help him.
The frequent-traffic-all-day aspect is undoubtedly very intrusive as Muslims visit their mosques / armories every few hours.

33 posted on 01/04/2017 10:11:05 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Blue Jays

I was thinking more about the concentration of traffic than the frequency. As far as I can tell, mosques hold a single service on Friday evenings. Churches typically hold multiple services spread out over Sunday morning. A church congregation the same size as a mosque’s could easily require half or even less of the parking spaces. My local Catholic church has four or five masses on Sundays. Imagine all of those people trying to park for a single service.


34 posted on 01/04/2017 10:26:37 PM PST by Bob (Now, Republicans get to sing "Happy Days Are Here Again". Enjoy the suck, rats.)
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To: Bob

The point various towns are making is the ENTIRE congregation of the mosque/armory will arrive several times per day, every week, every month.

35 posted on 01/04/2017 11:34:53 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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