Last week, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed a federal lawsuit with a 17-count complaint which charges that since 2006, Morristown officials have singled out the Amish, who belong to the Old Order Swartzentruber Amish, for prosecution under local building codes, bringing more than ten separate prosecutions for building or moving homes without permits requiring battery-powered smoke detectors, certified architectural plans and other modern innovations forbidden to the Amish. A press release from the Becket fund, which links to a copy of the complaint, can be accessed here. For a previous blog posting on this issue, click here.
Posted by: Patricia Salkin | January 12, 2009
Federal Lawsuit Filed by Amish Alleges Enforcement of Building Codes Violates RLUIPA
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