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Consent Decree Orders End To Village's Zoning Rules That Discriminate Against Orthodox Jewish Residents
Religion Clause ^ | 3/16/21 | Howard Friedman

Posted on 03/20/2021 6:37:49 PM PDT by marshmallow

Yesterday a New York federal district court in United States v. Village of Airmont, (SD NY, March 15, 2021), entered a consent decree requiring modification of the village's zoning code. A press release by the Department of Justice describes the order:

[The preliminary injunction mandates] that the Village... immediately cease enforcement of zoning code provisions enacted in 2018 that discriminate against Orthodox Jewish residents in violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.... [T]he zoning code provisions at issue limit the amount of space in private homes that can be used as a Residential Place of Worship..., restrict whom residents are allowed to invite into their own homes to pray, and expand the use of an arbitrary, drawn-out application process designed to delay and effectively deny permits for even minor alterations to private houses...

(Excerpt) Read more at religionclause.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Judaism; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: nelsonroman; nelsonsroman; obamajudge; orthodoxjewish; sdnewyork; sdny

1 posted on 03/20/2021 6:37:49 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Heading up there for Passover. We will probably make 3 or 4 more babies just to show the secular world how to multiply.


2 posted on 03/20/2021 6:59:05 PM PDT by Phinneous (By the way, there are Seven Laws for you too! Noahide.org)
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To: marshmallow

https://therealdeal.com/tristate/2021/03/19/rockland-county-village-rolls-back-discriminatory-zoning/

“Freedom of religion doesn’t trump building safety codes,” said Brian Sokoloff of the law firm Sokoloff Stern, noting that the court order still requires Airmont to review and approve plans for constructing residential places of worship.”

Uh-huh...


3 posted on 03/20/2021 7:02:35 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: marshmallow

How is this enforceable? Do they have limits on how many peeps got can have over for Super Bowl? If not, how is this not an equal protection violation?


4 posted on 03/20/2021 7:14:02 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: marshmallow

Haredi multi-family zoning, packed together density like NYC in a single family housing area.
Haredi is all about “separatism”, in every way.
It makes for an iron-clad voting block that overrides everything.
Everything non-haredi surrounding the area collapses into squalor.
Its bad in nearly every way.
Watch the money. Paid off politicians get rich, their former community is destroyed.


5 posted on 03/20/2021 7:16:31 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: marshmallow

I declare my entire property a residential worship sanctuary zone.


6 posted on 03/20/2021 8:01:37 PM PDT by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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To: Phinneous

Kain Yirbu!


7 posted on 03/20/2021 8:09:57 PM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: Macoozie

The Monsey/Rockland County life is not my cup of tea....being a working stiff hareidi (”ultra orthodox”) jew in Florida.

However, let the surrounding areas make babies. Try to keep up, chaps.


8 posted on 03/20/2021 9:59:58 PM PDT by Phinneous (By the way, there are Seven Laws for you too! Noahide.org)
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To: Macoozie
Everything non-haredi surrounding the area collapses into squalor.

Aren't there laws???

9 posted on 03/21/2021 3:55:36 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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