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Why RLUIPA is Necessary - A Humorous Take
Little did we realize when surfing through The Onion, one of the internet's premier humor sites, that we would stumble upon a fake news article that would grasp precisely the reason a law like RLUIPA is required. Before RLUIPA, local zoning boards would act in exactly the manner this article describes, except that in real life the boards don't have a magical amulet to hide behind.
"Behold!" LaMere said, holding aloft the solid-gold amulet, which is emblazoned with the Ever-Evaluating Eye of Surr-Vey, Lord Of Demarcation, He Who Measures And Assesses. "With this sigil, the power of zoning comes. Through me, the power of zoning flows! All will behold my power, and I shall bow to no man when designating matter-of-right developments for major retail and office spaces to a maximum lot occupancy of 75 percent for residential use!"