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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit grants an injunction barring Genoa Township from obstructing the religious displays.
A federal appeals court panel has unanimously ruled in favor of a Catholic group that said a local government in Michigan violated federal religious-freedom law when it blocked the use of the group’s 40-acre property for a Stations of the Cross trail.
“Now this 40-acre rural property can be used again for religious worship and religious expression. We’re obviously very pleased by that,” Robert Muise, senior counsel and co-founder of the American Freedom Law Center, told CNA Sept. 12.
“When you’re not being allowed to use your land for religious worship to display religious symbols, that obviously impacts the right to religious freedom,” he said.
Muise was on the legal team representing the plaintiff in the case, Catholic Healthcare International (CHI). The Missouri-based group promotes Christian health care modeled on the example of the 20th-century Italian St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better know as Padre Pio.
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A federal appeals court panel has unanimously ruled in favor of a Catholic group that said a local government in Michigan violated federal religious-freedom law when it blocked the use of the group’s 40-acre property for a Stations of the Cross trail.
“Now this 40-acre rural property can be used again for religious worship and religious expression. We’re obviously very pleased by that,” Robert Muise, senior counsel and co-founder of the American Freedom Law Center, told CNA Sept. 12.
“When you’re not being allowed to use your land for religious worship to display religious symbols, that obviously impacts the right to religious freedom,” he said.
Muise was on the legal team representing the plaintiff in the case, Catholic Healthcare International (CHI). The Missouri-based group promotes Christian health care modeled on the example of the 20th-century Italian St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better know as Padre Pio.
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Michigan Township Can’t Ban Catholic Group’s Stations of the Cross, Court Rules
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit grants an injunction barring Genoa Township from obstructing the religious displays.
