Hud doesn’t count, it’s in violation of zoning codes, go build a church in a proper zone!
Hud doesn’t count, it’s in violation of zoning codes, go build a church in a proper zone!
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I know of two church zoning court cases in my area (one involving a home church, and another where a church wanted to establish itself in an area zoned only for warehouse—they literally wanted to use an old warehouse as the church.) In both cases it was decided that it was unconstitutional to zone out a church. People’s right to meet and worship where they wanted trumped any zoning considerations.
Zoning codes are not the issue in this case. The common room of the center is used for any number of programs, many of them involving the gathering of people. One cannot discriminate just because the nature of the gathering is religious. No one has built a “church building” in their zone, but the zone does allow a town square like common area. That said, I doubt that it is legal to construct a community and then forbid churches. Communities imply people, people are religious, and people are allowed to freely practice their religion. It would make as much sense to allow communities but forbid schools.