Plaintiffs objected that their 1st Amendment rights were infringed when the mayor told the audience at the meeting:
We do not need any comments about anybody’s religion, that is not the purpose of this meeting tonight and any comments regarding other religions or disagreements with religions will be called out of order.The court responded:
This was not, as plaintiffs would have, a ban on talking about religion. This is clear from the fact that comments mentioning religion—including comments mentioning Islam specifically—were allowed when they were relevant to zoning issues....The court also rejected a number of other challenges to the conduct of the meeting, including an Establishment Clause claim. Detroit News reports that plaintiffs intend to seek en banc review of he decision.