Posted by Atlas Shrugged, at 12:47AM 07/22/08 : Judge upholds sex-offender living zones | lohud.com | The Journal News
Note: Two sex offenders challenge a residency restriction on religious grounds. Judge rules against claim.
(Two sex offenders) argued that, as Orthodox Jews, their religious needs to live within walking distance of a synagogue would be violated if they were forced to leave the community and could not find suitable housing outside Ramapo, according to the court decision.
Justice William Kelly disagreed, finding that the law doesn't single out people based on their religion. Kelly called the law "facially neutral," writing that a law is not automatically invalid because it burdens a particular religious group.
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