we have a deed restriction in our neighborhood and my christian pagan neighbors have 3 crosses on ther front yard and a stsatue of jesus all within the city easement.
Who Do I contact to have them removed as they bring down the value of our neighborhood ?
I want to sell my home next year and I dont want potential customers viewing pagan symbols which could cause the price of my home to drop
2006-07-11 13:26:57 · 23 answers · asked by ast5792 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The way in which this is usually enforced is by housing covenants and homeowner's associations. If you aren't in a covenant controlled development then you probably have no grounds.
Some areas of my city have such strict covenants that you cannot even park your car outside - it must be in the garage with the garage door closed. You can't put up a storage shed in the back yard, you can't paint your house a different color, you can't do this or that. The homeowner's association gets final say on the flowers, bushes and trees you plant and can make you dig them up if they don't meet their standards. Pretty restrictive, but usually those who are very close friends with the Associations leaders are allowed to get away with things that other neighbors can't, so it pays to kiss up.
Fortunately I don't live in such an area, so while my neighbors might desire to put a statue of Maddona outside, I can put a huge Hannukkah display outside too. I would rather let people be free.
2006-07-11 14:05:25 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have a neighborhood association, they would be the place to start. I know in my neighborhood we have restrictions as to size, distance from the street, and time periods for displaying stuff. For example, we can only have signs for elections two weeks before the election, not half the year like some folks do.
I don't know what you mean by Pagan Christian crosses. The stuff you describe sounds pretty Christian Christian to me. But that's irrelevant, as religious freedom is the same no matter what religion you're talking about.
At any rate, as far as zoning laws and such goes, there may be something about distance from the curb and such, but people generally have the right to display whatever they want in their yards.
2006-07-17 03:42:45 · answer #2 · answered by kaplah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Restrictions can be placed in property deeds that can be enforced by neighbors.
You should contact a lawyer who deals with property-related issues or your homeowner's association. If there is a deed restriction that would relate to this issue, you may be able to enforce it against your neighbor. This is a very complicated and state-specific area of law, so you should contact an attorney or, if you have one, a homeowner's association.
You should also look into whether this is a restriction--if any--placed on properties within your neighborhood by the developer or something or whether there is a city-wide restriction (I know some very nice towns have strict restrictions on property use). If it's a city sort of thing, you could contact a city board.
2006-07-11 13:33:01 · answer #3 · answered by Stephanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as he is keeping his display on his own property, I don't think there is anything you can do about it. He is within his constitutional rights.
You have heard of the First Amendment?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
2006-07-11 13:36:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It's their right to express themselves within their own property, whether it be religious or otherwise. It's their First Amendment right. Are the statues hurting you? Do they make you afraid for your life? No? Then there's no rational or plausible reason that the should have to submit themselves to your beliefs.
Also, a pagan christian is an oxymoron.
2006-07-11 13:34:05 · answer #5 · answered by saintmeghan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your city or town has restrictions on what can be displayed, that is who you need to contact. There's probably an enforcement office attached to public works or to the police. Call City Hall and ask.
Best wishes and God bless.
2006-07-11 13:31:32 · answer #6 · answered by bobhayes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i would contact the aclu for verifying information but the federal case of dittmer vs landon of 1974 is still being upheld by the federal goverment. it states that the church of wicca is considered a bonafide religion and has sincere tenaments and doctrines and therefor qualifies for all first ammendment rights to free excersize. therefor before you get into a religious discrimination lawsuit that would make them millions think about what your doing and if you want all religious articles to come down fine get a city code but that means all religious icons in the city would have to come down including crosses otherwise you would face serious civil suits against you for religious discrimination. freedom of religion means freedom of all religions and not freedom for christians
2006-07-11 14:13:20 · answer #7 · answered by mournyngwolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no I don't think so. Does your deed restriction specifically state people cannot display (pagan christian? does not compute)crosses on their property?
2006-07-11 13:30:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems that a lot more people die in the name of god for this group than are saved in the name of god. It sure is easy to take ideals from two different areas of life and blend them based on a few "with us or against us" principles. Kinda makes you wana throw up doesn't it.
2016-03-27 01:45:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you even know what pagan and christain mean?
Pagen worship idols and believes in many gods
Christian believe in god and in Jesus as the son of God.
So calling someone a Pagen Christain is really dumb.
2006-07-11 13:31:46 · answer #10 · answered by Jakefeatherston2002 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋