Religion & Law

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Property Tax Exemption For Episcopal School Property
"[T]he Ohio Supreme Court held that the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio was entitled to a property tax exemption for the year 2001 for property it acquired to use for a church-affiliated inner-city school so long as on Jan...

New Hampshire High Court Upholds Public Schooling Over Home Schooling In Parental Dispute
Religion Clause Blog: "Alliance Defense Fund issued a press release on the decision."

Ohio High Court Says No Tax Exemption For Churchs Low-Income Apartments
Religion Clause Blog: "In NBC-USA Housing, Inc.?Five v. Levin, (OH Sup. Ct., April 12, 2010), the Ohio Supreme Court held that a federally subsidized apartment complex for low-income tenants operated by the National Baptist Convention (NBC) and a local church does not qualify for the property tax exemption under Ohio Rev Code 5709...

Witte: The State Property Tax Exemption for Churches and Charities
John Witte Jr. (Emory) has posted Whether Piety or Charity: Classification Issues in the Exemption of Churches and Charities from Property Taxation on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The law governing tax exemption of church property illustrates the problem of classifying institutions and activities of the independent sector along religious...

Sex offender asks N.H. high court to OK church attendance
First Amendment Center (AP): "A New Hampshire sex offender on probation is asking the state?s highest court to allow him to go to church with a chaperone. The case of Jonathan Perfetto marks the first time the New Hampshire Supreme Court has been asked to rule whether a probation condition that effectively bars church attendance violates constitutional rights to religious freedom...

Alaska: ACLU wants church property tax exemption erased
"The ACLU wants Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Spaan to throw out a 2006 state law exempting church-owned religious teachers' housing from property taxes . . . "

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