Posted on 10/18/2022 7:08:55 PM PDT by marshmallow
In Congregation 3401 Prairie Bais Yeshaya D'Kerestir, Inc. v. City of Miami, (SD FL, Oct. 6, 2022), a Florida federal district court refused to dismiss claims that city officials' harassment of a rabbi's home that hosted daily minyans (prayer services) for invited guests violated the 1st Amendment. Private groups worshiping in a person's home are permitted in residential areas under the city's zoning code. The court said in part:
Defendant, wielding the City Code "like a club" ... issued multiple erroneous citations against Plaintiff for zoning code violations...; sent City personnel to the Property a staggering 126 times...; installed a surveillance camera that monitors only the Property ...; conducted at least one warrantless search...; and otherwise singled Plaintiffs out for harassment....
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Ya think?
Zoning Nazis. Some people are really pathetic. I imagine the person behind this was full of himself due to the “power” he could wield. What happens when he wakes up and realizes that’s as far he will get in life.
What happens when the zoning nazi wakes up and finds themself in a similar situation...sort of like vic morrow in the twilight zone.
If this happened to an imam, we all know what would follow.
WWZD? What would Solzhenitsyn do?
Zoning one of the worse ideas forced on American property owners
I was going to say, you'll never see these cretins try this against a Muslim prayer group. These little Hitlers are, ultimately, nothing more than bullies -- cowards with control-freak impulses.
Doesn’t 1st amendment protect religion? How could his private service violate 1st amendment?
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