GILBERT, ARIZONA, Sept. 21 -- Congressman Andy Biggs issued the following press release:
Alongside dozens of colleagues from the U.S. House and Senate, Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05) joined an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court of the United States in Grand v. City of University Heights, supporting an individual's constitutional right to host a prayer meeting in his home and protections afforded under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA).
In 2021, Daniel Grand, an Orthodox Jew, sought to convene an informal prayer group at his home in University Heights, Ohio. After learning of the planned gatherings, city officials sent Grand a cease-and-desist letter prohibiting him from hosting the prayer gro...