A federal judge has ruled that requiring a mosque to have more parking spaces than churches or synagogues is unconstitutional, citing in part a friend-of-the-court brief filed by a diverse coalition of civil rights and religious groups including the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and two agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Michael Shipp
Michael Shipp
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shipp ruled Dec. 31 that a New Jersey town's main reason for rejecting the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge's application to construct a mosque amounted to discrimination based on religious belief.
