Supreme Court Intervenes in Dispute over Kentucky Church’s Plan to Build Shrine on Residential Land
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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