CitizenLink.com – June 28, 2010
NH Church Wins Record Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit

The Saint Benedict Center in Richmond, N.H. won an unprecedented $1.5 million settlement last Friday. The lawsuit involved the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, a federal law protecting churches from discrimination disputes with local governments. Town officials – who were on record disagreeing with the center’s stance on abortion, pornography and homosexual behavior – singled out the center by imposing more the 30 conditions related to the proposed building of a new church and school by the center.

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Tags: Christian persecution, discrimination, lawsuit, New Hampshire, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, religious liberty, The Saint Benedict Center

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