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Originally Posted by McLovin
Some of what’s being done as of today is probably unconstitutional.
For example, at this time in many areas of the country, orders that outlaw 10 people walking to a neighbor’s house to get together for a religious observance probably wouldn’t pass constitutional muster.
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I bet it would pass.
I forget the name of the case but I call it the chicken chopping case....
Members of Santa Ria (a combo of voodoo and christianity) perform sacrifices of chickens as a religious observance. They did this in members homes, and the neighbors - after viewing the blood and chicken parts, and the sounds of murdered chickens... complained.
This was - of course - in Florida (maybe miami). They got banned in residential areas so sued in federal court.
The Court ruled that they could indeed be banned based on practices (not beliefs) in areas zoned for residential use, and could go kill chickens in areas zoned for meat packing plants.