Supreme Court agrees to take up zoning dispute over Kentucky church shrine
The justices will weigh whether zoning rules can block the shrine after the church group said the denial burdens religious exercise.
- On Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of the Missionaries of Saint John the Baptist Inc. regarding a proposed shrine to the Virgin Mary on their Park Hills land.
- The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that The Park Hills Board exceeded its authority granting a zoning variance, a decision prompted by neighbors objecting to the shrine's location on residential land.
- Representing the church, First Liberty Institute argues that Federal law protects religious land use, claiming regulations restricting the structure constitute a "substantial burden" on religious exercise.
- Lawyers for the group wrote, "the conflict among lower courts is deeply entrenched and widely acknowledged," urging The Court to intervene in the zoning dispute.
- The Court typically hears about 80 cases annually, and arguments in this religious rights dispute are expected in the coming months.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Kentucky Catholic Shrine Dispute Over Zoning Rules
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a Kentucky dispute over whether a Catholic organization may construct a Marian shrine on its own property despite objections from nearby residents. The justices will examine a Kentucky Supreme Court decision that ruled against the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist, which operates Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in Park Hills, near Cincinnati.
Supreme Court takes up key land use fight over church’s plan for shrine * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff
Source link A church in Kentucky, on its own property for nearly 100 years, asked the current governmental structure in its town for permission to add a small shrine adjacent to its building. The plan from the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist Church was for a small grotto, based on a conditional use and
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Northern Kentucky case on whether federal religious liberty law trumps local zoning
A proposed prayer shrine, known as a grotto, at a Northern Kentucky church has become the center of a legal battle that could reshape how religious organizations use their property across the country.
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