No governing body has the right to restrict or LICENSE the reading of the Bible in someones home.
code 9-3.301, which prohibits “religious, fraternal or non-profit” organizations in residential neighborhoods without a permit.
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves. William Pitt
Rom 13:1-2 MKJV
(1) Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but of God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God.
(2) So that the one resisting the authority resists the ordinance of God; and the ones who resist will receive judgment to themselves.
So the government comes and says “You are violating an existing zoning decree”. These people respond “We are not subject to the zoning decree because we refuse to be subject to the authority of the government. We no longer recognize its authority because we disagree with it. If we agree with a given law, then we will recognize its authority”. If some nutbag walks into the Bible Study with a gun and threatens to kill them because he doesn’t recognize the authority of the murder laws, the Bible Study will immediately recognize the authority of the government and call the police.
The rational thing to do is to change the law because it is an unjust law. But that takes time and effort. Screw that.
It’s the same thing that people do when they have sex in a public park. “I know there are laws against sex in a public park but my desire to have sex in the park overrules that law and negates its authority”.