The city of Farmersville has agreed to train its employees on how to comply with religious land use laws, signifying an end to drawn-out legal troubles that sprung from the city's reluctance to allow an Islamic cemetery in its limits.
"There is no place in our community for religious discrimination," U.S. attorney Joseph D. Brown said in a news release announcing a lawsuit that was filed — and settled — Tuesday. "Our office is committed to protecting religious freedom."
The agreement was the culmination of a Department of Justice investigation that found Farmersville was in violation of laws protecting the right to buy land for religious use. That finding came on the heels of city officials' decision to bar the Islamic Association of Collin County from building a cemetery in Farmersville.
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