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"The Fair Housing Act requires accommodation of handicaps but not religious beliefs and practices."

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"The Fair Housing Act requires accommodation of handicaps but not religious beliefs and practices." The condominium association at a residential building in Chicago adopted a rule prohibiting owners from displaying signs that could be seen from the hallways on their doors. To the dismay of the person who chaired the committee that devised this rule, the rule was later construed to prohibit the affixing of a mezuzah to the outside doorframes of condominium units.

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision examining whether the condominium's rule, which is no longer in effect, violated the Fair Housing Act. By a 2-1 vote, the court answers "no" in a majority opinion written by Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook. Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood dissented.

Full post as published by How Appealing on July 10, 2008 (boomark / email).

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