I don’t know the specifics, and you don’t either. I’m in Texas, you’re apparently in New Jersey.
What we do know is that this guy lives in a state that is friendly to Christians and that he’s been charged with violating 67 city code violations.
That’s way more than “annoying the neighbors.”
Maybe your town allows anybody to build anything for any purpose anywhere. Most don’t. I wouldn’t buy a house next to a church, even though I’m a faithful Christian who attends services several times a week — at a place where such facilities are permitted to build. This man, in violation of his city’s ordinances and over objections of his neighbors, built a church building in his back yard.
Not everyone who calls themselves a “church” is modeling Christian behavior.
This isn’t about freedom of religion but rather about being disrespectful of his neighbors, his neighborhood, and his city’s laws. That’s not Christ-like.
“What we do know is that this guy lives in a state that is friendly to Christians and that he’s been charged with violating 67 city code violations.”
I’m not sure how friendly they are in his Phoenix neighborhood, and if you get enough neighbors pissed at you I’m sure they could find 67 violations in your yard too.
And remember, they were after him even before he built his addition.