A San Diego pastor and his wife have been threatened by the county of San Diego to stop holding Bible study groups in their home or face tens of thousands of dollars in fines for holding a religious assembly without a permit.
Before I go on, consider this: if these people had been followers of a certain goat-screwing, child-molesting bandit, think they would have been hassled at all? Me, neither.
But let's get back on track. It is clear that this was not a formal church service, a wedding, funeral, or anything of the sort. Just some like-minded friends getting together for a meal and a few prayers, having a palaver about Jesus. And they are being persecuted for it. What's next? Being thrown to the lions while the Glory That Is Hussein watches from a velvet cushion?
This can't get any more wrong.
The Constitution of the United States, Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;...
This sounds pretty prohibitive to me.
Story here.
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