It’s really scary that having friends to your house can get you a visit from the government and fines, if a Bible is involved in any way. I’m sure the Obama’s had many such social events at their house, much like the party thrown for Obama at the Ayers’ house. Since they probably read from a Koran, it’s okay. The U.S. is becoming a shell of the country it used to be. Like the frog in a boiling pot of water.
This actually sounds fishy. This is because bureaucrats are usually focused on the letter of the law, especially when it is stupid and oppressive. Thus the following makes no sense, even if the bureaucrat is an avowed atheist.
“The county asked [Mrs. Jones], ‘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.’”
Instead, a bureaucrat would ask the first question: Do you have regular meetings in your house? Since the answer was ‘Yes’, it doesn’t matter *why* the meetings were held. What would matter would be if there are a bunch of cars parked out front, and most especially, if there was loud noise.
Cities and Counties regularly have to deal with noisy parties, and will clamp down on even one party if it is too noisy. Regular noisy parties are pretty much a no-go for noise ordinances. It doesn’t matter if the noise is loud music and singing or a loud religious service.
This leads me to suspect that the bureaucrats questions were, Do you SHOUT amen?’ ‘Do you LOUDLY pray?’ ‘Do you SHOUT praise the Lord?’
And while many religious people take great pride in “raising a joyful cry to heaven”, it may be less enjoyable if you live next door and are trying to sleep at that hour. Especially if it happens at least once a week.
So just like noise zoning, that prohibits church bells and minaret calls in a suburban neighborhood, this might be put down to, “Heaven enjoys your praise, but I am trying to sleep.”
When are they doing the next TV Movie? I gotta find out what happened to Alex Cahill... Did she die after being shot in the last TV Movie??
My gut feeling is that the article is not telling the whole story, again my gut feeling is that there is more to this story then mets the eye.
The lawyer for the pastor mentioned that it was not even a neighbor that complained about the bible study, but it was a guest who was visiting a neighbor of the pastor who complained. MYOB I say!