RE: Catholic Charities Issue

[Douglas Laycock]

The widespread NIMBY attitude towards religious activities in land use law raises a substantial cumulative barrier to religious activity, especially for new and small religious organizations.   Douglas Laycock University of Texas Law School 727 E. Dean Keeton St. Austin, TX  78705 512-232-1341 512-471-6988 (fax) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 3/12/2006 1:59 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: Re: Catholic Charities Issue Wow-- land use planners turn religious activity into illegal activity?  Hardly.  It's always interesting how the adherents of RLUIPA forget that we're talking about location, not content.  Land use planners occasionally reject a location for a religious activity, but the activity itself is never forbidden by mere land use planners.  To be sure, religious entities want the most convenient and inexpensive location they can have (regardless of impact on the community or the neighbors), but that religious desire for the ideal location for religious mission does not transform the land use planner's actions into actions that go to content.   Marci        In a message dated 3/12/2006 10:18:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Rick asks:   "Who else has a political agenda that targets the ordinary activities (such as adoption ministries and health benefits) of mainstream religious institutions and turns these ministries into unlawful acts."     Answer:  Land use planners.

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