The ACLU omitted mosques in their lawsuit.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a lawsuit Wednesday invoking the state’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act to contend that not allowing serious sex offenders to attend churches with attached schools is an undue burden on religious rights.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of two unnamed sex offenders, challenges another new state law that bans registered sex offenders from entering school property — including when a parochial school is located on the same grounds as a church.
Under RFRA, the ACLU said, the government is placing an undue burden on the religious beliefs of sex offenders.
“This is a prime example as a place where people’s religious rights are being burdened, and therefore under RFRA the state has to justify that,” said ACLU of Indiana legal director Ken Falk. “It makes no sense to ban people on a Sunday if there are kids there on a Thursday.”
Serious sex offenders include sexually violent predators or those convicted of crimes such as child molestation, possession of child pornography or sexual misconduct with a minor.[…]
The ACLU of Indiana opposed RFRA, arguing that the law would allow discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals. But Falk said the lawsuit uses RFRA “as it was originally contemplated” to protect religious freedom.