[pepperdog]

I guess I can believe anything these days. This is totally disgusting.

[VaBthang4]

Oh gosh it is not that deep. Sue the city/county and get on with life.

[Wonder Warthog]

But “Koran study” would be OK. Or Satanism.

[Abathar]

Will the ACLU step in and help these people like they would if it was a homoerotic study group?

I didn’t think so either.

[americanophile]

They’re going to sue the hell out of the county and rightly so - a flagrant violation of Free Exercise.

[Jeff Chandler]

The article indicates that the group averages 15 people. If they only meet once a week, then they are being somewhat inconsiderate of their neighbors, but surely the county is over reacting.

If the meetings occur more than once a week, then the county has good reason to put a stop to the zoning violation.

[freespirited]

They should call it a book club.

Or are these lefties going to insist that the Bible isn’t a book?

[Still Thinking]

Tell them you’re having orgies followed by invocations to Ma Gaia and a Global Warming Primer. All will be swell.

[Hacklehead]

I suppose if they had a hundred people coming to their house several times a week this would make sense.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Ignore the "ban", hold the Bible study anywise, and let the county decide if it really wants all the negative publicity that will come with sending in the SWAT team to drag people out of a private home and arresting them for holding a Bible study.

If the county does, publicise it far and wide, and sue them for infringement of religious freedoms under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.

[KarlInOhio]

Are they having a couple of people over once a week, or has it turned into a twenty person, three day a week Bible study causing parking headaches in the neighborhood.

If it is the second, maybe the pastor can use a room in his church for it.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Then by the county's own ruling, any family saying grace before a meal, in their own home is guilty of conducting a "religious assembly".
By the same token, any two or more ragheads praying to mecca on their own property are also guilty of conducting a "religious assembly".

[napscoordinator]

There must be more to the story. First of all who called? Who complained? The neighbors do not know what is going on in the home (unless invited). Someone at the Bible Study probably got “pissed” off at the group and called (someone). Were they taking donations? Too many questions unanswered. If this is the straight story then it is tragic, but as we know nothing is ever exactly as a newpaper article claims. The story has no “guts”.

[DoughtyOne]

I believe the problem is related to parking. If you have ten to fifteen people show up on a regular basis, the neighbors are bound to get annoyed sooner or later.

There are First and Fourth Amendment rights at issue here. People have freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. The problem as I see it though, is one of using good judgment.

If fifteen people are showing up, it’s probably safe to say eight to ten cars are being parked out front.

It would be far better if the meetings could be rotated at different homes. It would reduce the impact on one neighborhood. And if ten to fifteen people are showing up, perhaps it would be better to hold it at one of the small rooms at the church. This guy is the pastor after all.

I’m sure these are good people, and I wish them well. I still think sometimes well meaning people can do things that bother others, and I think they should be understanding of that.

If one of our neighbors had eight to ten cars out front of our homes once per week, I wouldn’t particularly like it. If it was once every other month, I couldn’t care less.

[BnBlFlag]

If need be, I'll be happy to send the first $100.00 to their Legal Defense Fund. This is worse than outrageous. It's a direct assault on Freedom of Religion and it needs to be crushed before it goes even one step further!

[djf]

But 48 illegals from Mayheco can cram into an apartment - as long as there’s no bibles involved!!

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

This story from local media says that the trouble started when a member of the Bible study hit the car of a visitor to a neighbour's house while leaving the study. The county is calling it a traffic issue, but that seems unlikely considering that the county isn't necessarily telling them to stop having the study, just that they need to get a "major use permit" which, incidentally, would require the Jones' to pay several thousand dollars to the county's coffers.

Follow the money, baby.

[oneamericanvoice]

I heard this from someone last week, but didn’t believe it. Some investigation into the validity of their claims needs to take place. It’s interesting that the department for whom the official works was not specified. San Diego is fairly conservative.

If this is a valid story, then I’d be willing to drive to SD to protest.

[stinkerpot65]

No doubt ACORN is purchasing barbed wire for re-education camps to deal with pesky Christians.

[tsmith130]

This is from the link under the story at Fox:

Attorney Dean Broyles of The Western Center For Law & Policy was shocked with what happened to the pastor and his wife.

Broyles said, "The county asked, 'Do you have a regular meeting in your home?' She said, 'Yes.' 'Do you say amen?' 'Yes.' 'Do you pray?' 'Yes.' 'Do you say praise the Lord?' 'Yes.'"

Yeah, really sounds like a parking problem. /s

[DTogo]

Here's your permit, Pastor:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.