Posted on 03/13/2010 5:21:54 AM PST by stars & stripes forever
The city of Gilbert, Ariz., has ordered a group of seven adults to stop gathering for Bible studies in a private home because such meetings are forbidden by the city's zoning codes. The issue was brought to a head when city officials wrote a letter to a pastor and his wife informing them they had 10 days to quit having the meetings in their private home. . .
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Never hold up in court.
Zoning is not “law”...
DUMB town....
Can these tyrants be removed from power?
MOLON LABE!
It’s time Christians took their place in local government.
Those city officials should be run out of town.
Does this mean that druggie satanists can’t hold meeting about skinning black cats and such?
Sorry, this “law” is a direct violation of the 1st amendment, which is man’s law that coincides with God’s. This one should be tossed in a heartbeat.
It seems these stories pop up every day, with greater and greater frequency... how much longer is it going to take for people to finally say “enough”?
Those city officials should be run out of town.
BUMP! BUMP!
Had they been Muslims or Atheists...crickets...
There will always be little people in positions of power who will TRY anything. Whether they have the right to do it doesn’t matter—they know that all that need happen is that no one challenge them.
OOPS. Forgot to include you. Worth repeating, anyway.
FINE THE OFFICIALS FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL OUTRAGEOUSNESS.
CLUELESSNESS STRIKES AGAIN.
I guess the vocabulary in the Constitution is above some folks IQ levels.
What??!!!
I agree with the poster who said it would never hold up in court.
Since drinking parties and poker games that attract the same size of group are allowed, just keep some beer bottles and decks of cards around the house for the members to grab as props if the police come a knocking to enforce this.
ok ... on the surface this seems outrageous... However.. would you REALLY want your neighbor running a church or anything else very regular out of his house filling up the street with cars ect?
So let me get this straight if a group of people are gathering to share a dinner and it is for a religious reason, it is illegal.
Wonder if they ever heard of Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
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