Today the Justice Department announced an agreement with the Village of Atlantic Beach, New York, to resolve allegations that it violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) by enacting and enforcing zoning provisions that treat religious land uses worse than comparable secular uses.“Zoning ordinances that single out religious uses for discretionary zoning permits while allowing secular gathering places as of right violate RLUIPA,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The Justice Department is committed to ensuring that religious gathering places like synagogues, churches, and mosques across America are
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