Suit Claims Sunday Hunting Ban Violates Religious Freedom Rights and Other Constitutional Protections

In Pennsylvania this week, a sportsmen's group known as Hunters United for Sunday Hunting filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking to void on constitutional grounds Pennsylvania's ban on most Sunday hunting.  The complaint (full text) in Davis v. Pennsylvania Game Commission, (MD PA, filed 7/16/2013) contends, among other things, that the ban has a religious, not a secular basis.  It also contends in general terms that the ban "compels conduct that violates specific tenets of the religious beliefs of some H.U.S.H members" in violation of Pennsylvania's Religious Freedom Protection Act.  The complaint additionally alleges that the ban violates plaintiffs' right to bear arms as well as their equal protection rights under the state and federal constitutions.  Yesterday's Central Pennsylvania Patriot-News reports on the filing of the lawsuit.