The article I found pertaining to eminent domain comes from the Worldwide Faith News. The article is from February 2nd, 2009. The city wants to destruct the cemetery to make room for the O’Hare Airport expansion. The 160-year old cemetery is located next to the airport. The cemetery took this to court to prevent the city from destroying the grounds. If the city were to take over and destroy the cemetery, what does this hold for religious beliefs? The cemetery filed a petition in the Dupage Country Circuit Court, which violates the Illinois Religious and Restoration Act. The cemetery has over 1,300 members of St. John’s United Church of Christ buried there and their relatives. If the city were to destroy this lot of land, how would the families feel that are still living. If Chicago does win the case then what does this mean for other religious places. Basically it would mean that any governmental project can win over religion. It states in the article that the petitioners accuse the city of abusing its powers for a project that will never go underway. There are no secure funds to have the expansion happen, so there is no need to destroy a sacred piece of land and destroy the resting bodies.
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