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By declaring that any law which infringes on a religious practice has the presumption of being invalid, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) unfairly privilege certain religious sects over the rest of society.
Secular Coalition to Justice: Stop Promoting Religious Discrimination
Fri, 09/11/2009September 16- The Secular Coalition for America, along with dozens of other civil rights organizations, has written to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that he direct the Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) to review and withdraw its June 29, 2007 Memorandum that erroneously interpreted the the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to exempt religious organizations receiving federal dollars from abiding by federal nondiscrimination provisions. Read more »
Special rights for religion (RFRA & RLUIPA)
Thu, 04/02/2009In 2009, the County of Boulder, Colorado, which has a long history of careful land use planning designed to balance the needs of its citizens while preserving open space, lost its legal fight against a RLUIPA claim that a sixth expansion of a church could not be limited by local land use provisions. The result of this litigation, and many others, demonstrates that RLUIPA privileges religion by providing a near universal exemption to the enforcement of any land use regulations in the face of a religious organization's challenge. Read more »
